ear candy

ear candy

English

Etymology

Likely analogous to eye candy.

Noun

ear candy (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial, music) Light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance.

   Synonym: muzak

   • 2000 November 27, Christopher John Farley, “Irish Spring”, in Time‎, ISSN 0040-781X:

     Mumba's music is ear candy: it crunches, it bubbles, it melts in the mouth.

   • 2013, Mathew Klickstein, quoting Rachel Sweet, Slimed!, Penguin, →ISBN, page 129:

     I wanted it to just be something fun to listen to, like ear candy. I think that's what we got.

Translations

light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance

Finnish: korvakarkki, hissimusiikki Swedish: örongodis (sv) n

See also

• earworm

Anagrams

• Cerdanya, decanary