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.

Odorosis

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: o/dor/os/is

Sentence: When ever she begins to sweat, her odorosis sets in and out comes the spray-on deodorant with its mists and whiffs of polluting fragrance.

Etymology: odor ('odour' in Canada because we stink differently from the rest of the world and put the 'u' in to blame you - "It can't be us stinking, we're Canadian.")+ neurosis

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