Verboticism: Halitoesies
DEFINITION: n. Anxiety caused by fear that one's body odor may offend others; often exacerbated when required to remove heavy sweaters, or footwear.v. To worry about the way you smell.
Halitoesies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: halitōzēz
Sentence: The Scout group loved to go hiking. Days of trekking in heavy-duty boots left some of the troop with a bad case of foot stank. One member (name withheld to save embarrassment) was granted a special dispensation from the group leader to stick his un-booted feet out the car window because of his advanced halitosies.
Etymology: halitosis (technical term for bad breath) + toesies (any of the five digits at the end of the human foot)
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