Slang used within Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities to refer to a hearing person — someone without hearing loss who communicates primarily through spoken language. The term is an informal, community-internal shorthand that can carry neutral, affectionate, or mildly othering connotations depending on context and speaker. It sits alongside similar terms like hearing person or oral, helping Deaf communities name the hearing world on their own terms.
She'd been the only hearie at the Deaf social and came away wanting to learn more BSL.
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(slang) A hearing person.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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