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DEFINITION: n. A wayward scent or aroma which invokes distant memories of one's childhood or younger days. v. To be suddenly catapulted into the past by a very strong odor.
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Nostrilgia
Created by: BoltonAlan
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COMMENTS:
excellent - galwaywegian, 2010-10-05: 04:36:00
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Yesterwhiff
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: yess-ter-wiff
Sentence: Whenever she ate at the local diner the yesterwhiff of bacon & eggs aroma made her smile.
Etymology: yesterday + whiff
Scentamental
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sent a men tal
Sentence: Albert's talcum powder in the nursing home made Maude go all scentimental rembering her now grown children as little babies...
Etymology: Scent (Aroma, odor, smell) & Sentimental (effusively emotional;treasured memories or articles)
Olefactory
Created by: Banky
Pronunciation: /ohl-fak-torr-ee/
Sentence: Ron's nose smelled heated metal and stinging welled in his eyes. The punch had landed squarely on the bridge of his nose, and had trigged an olefactory reaction. He remembered the first time his stepdad had hit him. The terror as he grabbed him by the back of the shirt, the smell of red iron, a mouth full of blood, and his stepfather writhing and clawing at the side of his own head. He snapped out of the memory with a mouth full of salt and rubber, and there lay the mugger doubled much the way John was, years ago. He spat, and the ear landed askew on the ground, like a fallen leaf.
Etymology: ole - colloquial version of "old"; olfactory - relating to the sense of smell
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COMMENTS:
pretty graphic but a terrific word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:28:00
Your sentence ranks right up there with the best of Steven King! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:41:00
Really good word and terrific sentence. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 23:29:00
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Historeek
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hisss tor eeeek
Sentence: the historeek led to hystereeks
Etymology: historic reek
Pussypooper
Created by: poopododo
Pronunciation: Pussy-pooper
Sentence: It is the satisfying sound made by heavy lifting ones body of a floosy.
Etymology: It arrived by parcel from Germany as a spellbound astonishment.
Reodorized
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ree-oh-door-rized
Sentence: Mr. Peaew a reodorized the room with his body stench everytime he talked or lifted his arms.
Etymology: re-odorized - To bring back a bad smell or odor.
Nostradaromagia
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: nostrad-aro-ma-gia
Sentence: Man oh man! It was a sensation so powerful...Not only did it conjur up nostalgic memories, but I'm sure to predict that memories of this experience will surface in the future in other semi-unfortunate sensual circumstances.
Etymology: nose + nostradamus + aroma +nostalgia
Mnaromonic
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: NARE oh MON ic
Sentence: When Sally was a child she was locked in a room and nobody could find the key. She had knocked over a bottle of ammonia and the smell took over the room. She cried for hours until finally they were able to break down the door. To this day ammonia causes a mnaromonic reaction in her.
Etymology: MNEMONIC + AROMA MNEMONIC: a word, sentence, poem, etc. that helps you to remember something AROMA: a smell
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COMMENTS:
using mnemonic to show that smells, like letters, can trigger memory was very clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:34:00
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Nosetalgia
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: nohs tahl jeea
Sentence: One is capable of experiencing nosetalgia right up to the moment of death. they say that the scent is the last thing to go, or is that grow?
Etymology: nostalgia, nose
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-03-23: 14:34:00
The score details are a great enhancement and have helped me understand them. Thank you!
Wow! This phenomenon seems to be more widespread than i thought! Apparently it's one of our more primal instincts.
RE: Score Details. I am still looking for a bug where it fails to add some votes to our weekly totals. Hopefully the score details page will help us find it. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James