flesh tunnel

English

A young man wearing a flesh tunnel

Noun

flesh tunnel (plural flesh tunnels)

1. (informal) A piercing in the earlobe which has been deliberately stretched to achieve a larger gauge.

   Synonym: ear tunnel

   • 2014 October 19, Nicole Mowbray, “Big increase in surgery to mend ‘flesh tunnel’ earlobes”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     Potential employers didn’t seem to like the 4cm “flesh tunnel” holes he had in each ear as much as he did. […] The record holder for the largest flesh tunnels, at more than 10cm in diameter (big enough to put a fist through), is a Hawaiian man, Kala Kaiwi.

2. (informal) A short, hollow, cylindrical piece of jewellery worn in such a piercing.

   Synonyms: ear tunnel, earplug, plug, earspool

Translations

piercing in the earlobe

piece of jewellery worn in such a piercing

• Hungarian: fültágító