ear gauges
Earlobe expanding jewelry
Ear gauges are jewelry designed to stretch earlobe piercings to larger diameters.
The term refers both to the jewelry itself—cylindrical plugs or tunnels inserted into stretched holes—and to the practice of gradually increasing piercing size: She's been stretching her ear gauges for two years.
Gauge technically measures the jewelry's thickness, but the term has become shorthand for the entire stretched-ear aesthetic.
- plugsThings that block openings
- tunnelsUnderground hollow pathways
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
- stretched lobesDeliberately enlarged ear piercings
- lobesRounded projecting parts
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