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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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Noseating
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nohz-zee-ey-ting
Sentence: Harry doesn't believe in deodorant. He says that people should smell like people. People around him tend to disagree. Unless he has just come from a shower, his mere presence can be noseating.
Etymology: nose (the organ of smell) + nauseating (causing sickness of the stomach)
Distinkshun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dis stink shun
Sentence: Des had an air of distinkshun about him.His Dad had started the manufacturing plant and gave it to Des. He reeked of old money and the stench of entitlement. He knew he would be a great catch and acted like he was a scentsation and coming up roses. In fact, he was coming up noses and his lack of personal hygiene coupled with his lunchtime run made others fume. His abundant money did not make him scentsible...he just made the olfactory smell!
Etymology: Distinction (high status importance owing to marked superiority;a distinguishing quality) & Stink (reek, bad smell) & Shun (avoid, censure)
Upfunky
Created by: tizher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Because Roger was always upfunky in the afternoon his colleagues used the stairs.
Etymology: "Up" from close up and from (on a)high "funky" - not smelling quite right.
Beeoblivious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: bee o b livee us
Sentence: Marco Territorio always worked out at lunch time and came back, on time, daily without having had a shower. He was beeoblivious (B.O.-blivious more like) to the pong he left for his co-workers. They had many names for him: The Aroma from Roma;Smell Gibson;Pong de Leon;Rudy Stench;Acridability Gap;Malodour in the Middle; Scratch & Sniff;and Ghengis Garbage Khan. He could reek havoc on afternoon meetings and caused scentsations among the Ranks. Instinked made people avoid him and the Olfactory was elated when he took vacation. So it was whiff pungent irony that he was snuffed out by the Cosa Nose-tra. I smell a rat...
Etymology: BO (Body Odor; uncleaned, not sanitary or healthful area;not cleaned nor kept up) & oblivious (totally unaware of what happens and unmindful of others)
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COMMENTS:
You are a creative phenomenon....but we knew that already, didn't we? - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:21:00
Love it! - hooterbug, 2008-09-02: 14:38:00
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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
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-
Oblivile
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: OB-lih-vile
Sentence: Victor was a real OBLIVILE. Although he worked in an old factory, he never missed a chance to pass up a shower. Constantly surrounded by a pungent mephitis, most folks assumed a dead ungulate was buried nearby. At the company picnic, Victor was reekinatus- even when we sat downwince of him. His stencharoma began to repugnegrate on us all, and when Shirley adressed him as "BacteriOllie", Victor was fetadamant...claiming the deadly vapours were not his to control. Aloof, unswayed and unwashed, Victor the OBLIVILE will always retain a top ranking in the annals of aromagression.
Etymology: OBLIVious+vILE=OBLIVILE (n) OBLIVIOUS:lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness especially of one's shortcomings or odours.....VILE: disgustingly or utterly bad;physically repulsive-Middle English, from Anglo-French vil, from Latin vilis.
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COMMENTS:
Oblivile oblada life goes on bra Lala how the life goes on - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-02: 13:54:00
Victor was also known as the "Bromodro-BRO" - metrohumanx, 2008-09-03: 09:17:00
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Annoysome
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: a/noy/sum
Sentence: After his divorce, Brian was back on the market and ready to let everyone in the office know it. Not that they had any doubt, as you could smell his Drakkar Noir from several offices away. No one was brave enough to confront Brian and his annoysome grooming habits, for fear that he would lapse back into his self-pitying wallow.
Etymology: Combination of annoy and noisome: offensively malodorous
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COMMENTS:
Wow. You pull no punches. I like it, astorey! - metrohumanx, 2008-09-02: 12:17:00
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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.
Gagalot
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Here comes that gagalot! Hand me the Febreze!
Etymology:
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