A few of the common symptoms of ear infections include: 1  mild pain or discomfort inside the ear. 2  a feeling of pressure inside the ear that persists. 3  fussiness in young infants.  pus-like ear 1  drainage. hearing loss.
sacks, sacs, sax. The words sacks, sacs, sax sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do sacks, sacs, sax sound the same even though they are completely different words? The answer is simple: sacks, sacs, sax are homophones of the English language. More homophones
Slang sense of inferior, pathetic is from 1899; sad sack is 1920s, popularized by World War II armed forces (specifically by cartoon character invented by Sgt. George Baker, 1942, and published in U.S. Armed Forces magazine Yank), probably a euphemistic shortening of common military slang phrase sad sack of shit.