ear-bendern.
/ˈɪəˌbɛndə/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌbɛndər/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
1. A person who talks quickly, excessively, or tiresomely; a talkative person.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
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yabbler1901
wordster1904
poofter1916
blatherer1920
ear-bender1922
burbler1923
woofer1934
ear-basher1944
motormouth1955
yacker1960
yammerer1978
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1922 Munsey's Mag. July 290 This old guy was sure some ear-bender!
1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 8/1 Ear-bender, fast talker.
1931 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 6/5 Goldstein, known as the ‘Ear Bender’ because of his talkativeness, was arrested late Thursday night.
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Jan. d13 The popular image of the lobbyist being an elbow as well as an ear bender.
1989 Observer 5 Feb. 43/3 A local literary ear-bender starts instructing him on the administrative difficulties of Le Figaro.
2002 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 21 Nov. d6 A half-dozen ear-benders will be seducing listeners via the venerable art of a corking good yarn.
2. A loud or harsh sound or series of sounds; something which grates upon the ear, esp. a strident or dissonant piece of music.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound
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discordancy1796
inharmony1799
discordance1801
parrot-house1850
soundclash1925
ear-bender1940
1940 San Antonio (Texas) Light 14 July iii. 13/4 Other ear-benders of the week: ‘I'll Never Smile Again’ and ‘The Breeze and I’ by Lang Thomson (Varsity).
1944 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 18 Feb. 20/2 Stravinsky invited the Bostonians to join in the musical ear-bender. But they sat there as stunned as dynamited fish.
1984 Computers & Electronics June 98/1 The sound possibilities include organs, gunshots,..whistles, and virtually any of the ear-benders emitted by full-size video arcade games.
1996 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 21 Nov. 26 It was a typical three-part Juillard program—a modern ear-bender sandwiched between two works by the old masters.
2000 SD & Homosexuality in alt.music.steely-dan (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Aug. This song has always sounded kind of jarring and ‘outside’ to me, melodically and harmonically, a real ear-bender the first time you hear it for sure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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