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the body's loudest opinion, broadcast through a sense too honest to lie.
means Having a strong, unpleasant smell — or, more loosely, being unappealing or of poor quality.
from Built on "stink," from Old English "stincan," a verb that originally meant simply "to emit a smell" — good or bad — and is related to old Germanic words for rising vapor or odor. Over centuries the neutral sense soured, and "stink" came to mean specifically a foul smell. The "-y" ending is the familiar English adjective-maker (as in "sticky," "messy"), turning the noun into a quality: a thing that gives off a stink is stinky.
- survival cue
- Disgust at rot once kept ancestors from deadly meals
- nose fatigue
- You stop smelling your own stink within minutes
- corpse flower
- Blooms reek of death to lure pollinating flies
- durian banned
- Forbidden on many Asian trains and hotels
- sweat's secret
- Fresh sweat is odorless; bacteria make the funk
durian fruit — banned on public transport in singapore, thailand, and malaysia due to its pungent odor
limburger cheese — belgian washed-rind cheese whose smell is so notorious it's referenced in cartoons and comedy