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your nose's pre-installed bouncer, vetoing things before your brain casts a vote
means Having a strong, usually unpleasant odor.
from A plain English build: 'smell' plus the adjective ending '-y' (the same '-y' in 'dirty' and 'sticky'). The noun 'smell' itself is something of a mystery — it surfaces in Middle English with no clear ancestor in Old English or its Germanic cousins, leaving etymologists shrugging. So the root may be old, but where it truly came from is honestly unknown; '-y' just put a label on it.
- smell memory
- odors trigger memories faster than sights or sounds
- detection range
- human nose distinguishes over a trillion scents
- nose blindness
- you stop smelling your own constant odors within minutes
- sweat trivia
- fresh sweat is odorless; bacteria create the stink
durian fruit — southeast asian fruit banned on public transport in singapore and thailand due to its pungent sulfurous odor
limburger cheese — belgian-origin cheese with isovaleric acid that produces a foot-like smell, famously used in pranks
titan arum flower — indonesian plant that blooms rarely and smells like rotting flesh, attracting carrion-eating pollinators