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DEFINITION: n., A person who exudes confidence and a strong offensive odor. v., To be blithely yet resolutely unaware of one's own odors.
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Spreek
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: spree-kuh
Sentence: Why is it that spreeks are always men who wear sleeveless t-shirts? They always smell of B.O. or patchouli essential oil. Sometimes, with a master spreek, it's a stenchful mixture of the two.
Etymology: 'S' from smell + 'P' from perspire + reek = spreek
Consinkyident
Created by: Hiiamahuskey
Pronunciation: Con-stink-i-dous
Sentence: Bill hadn't showered after working out, and he was so confident! I guess you could call it constinkidous.
Etymology: Con(fident)+Stnk+dous (suffix)
Highranking
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: hi-rank-ing
Sentence: Harvey's highranking led him to believe that his acquaintances were totally in awe of his stature, when in fact they were just rendered speechless by his aughastliness (august + ghastly) that lingered unpleasantly on the olfactory nerve.
Etymology: high (on the nose) + rank (stinky) + high-ranking (a VIP)
Stinkaytude
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Stink-a-tude
Sentence: Sam Skuzzbucket has such a stinkaytude about him that everybody avoided being near him!
Etymology: Stink- Ay- Tude- Short for Attitude-
Fartivious
Created by: mchristof
Pronunciation: far-tiv-ee-us
Sentence: You know, at some point you have to ask: is it me? Am I being fartivious?
Etymology: Fart - to expel internal gas through the anus. Oblivious - Not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.
Ustinkquitous
Created by: BSqueeze4
Pronunciation: U-stink-quit-us
Sentence: His ustinkquitous stench filled the room, emanating from his ten-year-old sneakers.
Etymology: Ubiquitous and stink
Egorank
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: ee go rank
Sentence: Larry's egorank was a growing problem wafting around the office. His colleagues would make a stink when he approached the water cooler, which they developed a sense for his proximity to, and surreptitiously say, "quick, scatter, here comes Larry with his pridefunk".
Etymology: EGO: self-conceit, pride, self-love + RANK:, offensive, foul, ripe, malodorous
Olfactassault
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Ol-facta-salt
Sentence: The hideous odors emanating from Horace following his workouts amounted to an olfactassault on his co-workers
Etymology: Olfactory + assault
Incogniscent
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: in-cog-ni-sent
Sentence: Jeff seemed totally incogniscent of how odorous he was. He believed that the girls thought he was adorable; unfortunately, he was only odorable.
Etymology: incognizant: to lack knowledge of or to be unaware or conscious of + scent: distinctive odor
Funkonscious
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /fungk-on-shuss/
Sentence: Carlos thought of himself as the office 'Romeo,' stopping to try to speak to all the young ladies who worked there. Unfortunately, he was completely funkonscious — totally unaware of his strong body odor, not to mention his bad breath. None of his conversations lasted very long, but he was blissfully ignorant of why.
Etymology: Funk - a strong smell; stench (from dial. French, funkière "smoke") + Unconscious - without awareness, sensation, or cognition (from Latin, un- "not" & conscius "knowing, aware")
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by IneffableDawn. Thank you IneffableDawn! ~ James
lumina - 2008-09-04: 00:51:00
Oooooo...I get so excited when I win! I'd like to thank...of course Jesus...my parents...for without them I wouldn't be here...the academy of course...my agent...oh wait, I don't have one...(music starts to play me out)OH! There's that music!!! Um...and...Well, I guess this means...You LIKE me...You really, really LIKE me!
lumina - 2008-09-04: 07:27:00
Hey...hours ago it said "I" won. ? Oops...never mind... *blush*
Today's definition was suggested by OZZIEBOB. Thank you OZZIEBOB. ~ James