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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.
Verboticisms
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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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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.
Unsmelfconscious
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: un smelf KAHN shus
Sentence: Harry was an unsmelfconscious kind of guy. B.O., bad breath, farting, it didn't matter - he said, "Love me, love my smells. That's what makes me a manly man!" A very lonely man too, as it turned out.
Etymology: unselfconscious + smell
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")
Philistink
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪləˌstɪŋk/
Sentence: The culture in the U.S. is such that we've become quite sensitive to body odors, so it takes a true philistink to blissfully remain odorous in the face of wrinkled noses, backpedaling, and flat-out insults.
Etymology: From philistine (a person who is lacking in or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc.) + stink (a strong, offensive smell)
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COMMENTS:
I'm not actually sure how many people are familiar with the word "philistine," and it's just not as funny if you have to look up the definition. - ErWenn, 2007-10-02: 01:40:00
I got it straight off. Good one. - petaj, 2007-10-02: 08:29:00
great word ErWenn - it conveys the appropriate attitude as well - gets my vote - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-02: 12:48:00
There's a strong sense about it. Sentence so true. Excellent - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-02: 18:45:00
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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.
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
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
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
Airogant
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: Pronounced exactly as you woudl arrogant but with the a hand gesture of waving a smell away
Sentence: That John sure is airogant
Etymology: replace the arr in the word arrogant with AIR
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