Ear lingus

n.

Heard in Galway, Antrim and Down

A mocking nickname for a person with large or prominent ears.

Hows ear lingus?

Posh English

How fares the gentleman with the exceptionally prominent ears?

Related terms

• Clip around the earA light slap to the side of the head or ear, typically as a mild rebuke.
• Build a nest in your earA person who is excessively forward, suspiciously over-friendly and presumptuous in…
• D'ja ear meDid you hear what I said.
• Goes in one ear and out the otherSaid of information or advice that is quickly forgotten or fails to register.
• He'd live in your ear and sublet your ear-drumA mean or stingy person, one so parsimonious they would exploit even the tiniest…
• Live in yer earExtremely frugal, to the point of stinginess.