corner of the ear

The auditory equivalent of “seeing something out of the corner of your eye.” A fleeting or imagined sound, ie: a whisper, knock, name being called, or music; usually experienced when you’re distracted, tired, or surrounded by background noise.

I swear I heard someone say my name, but no one’s even home. I definitely heard something out of the corner of the ear.

That ghosty noise? Just your imagination catching something out of the corner of the ear.

by CheckeredKoi April 21, 2025

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It Came From The Corner

Phrase used at the workplace to explain why a particularly stupid, out of scope, or dubious change must be made to a project, because it was handed down by a higher level manager with little understanding of the repercussions. Refers to the corner offices that most clueless managers tend to have.

Worker: You do realize that we've been working on this for 3 months, building it out as it was planned, and now you're asking us to completely change it? We've gone from 90% done to 10% done in 60 seconds.

Middle Manager: Hey, what can I tell you? It came from the corner.

by Matches10 July 11, 2010

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corner split

in cardistry if you drop your deck and it lands on the edge you may got some corner splits. A card consists of 2/3 layers of paper and a corner split is when these papers plit on the corner.

i dropped my deck on the floor now i got corner splits.

by Gay = funny January 3, 2022

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the sharpest corner of a large stone

the sharpest corner of a large stone (adage) - a proverb referring to the best ability of a person.

When it's about to hit you, and it's too large to escape from, you mainly try to get away from the sharpest corner of a large stone. Similarly, you should only show the greatest talents possessed by you to others—not the dumbest ones.

by herobrine049X January 7, 2023

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