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
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. sad sack. A singularly inept person, as in Poor George is a hopeless sad sack. This term alludes to a cartoon character, Sad Sack, invented by George Baker in 1942 and representing a soldier in ill-fitting uniform who failed at whatever he tried to do. It was soon transferred to clumsily inept civilians.