Talk:smelly

As a child I remember hearing it used as a noun, meaning "excrement" or "a turd" (hence defecation was "doing a smelly" etc). Its use is obviously restricted to children and parents.

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smelly

Noun senses (which had been commented out):

• One who sits in the back of the classroom due to lack of hygiene.
• A noticable, usually unpleaseant or putrid odor.

— Paul G 18:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

My first reaction is, never heard it used like that before. I think I've heard stinky used like that.--Halliburton Shill 22:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

My first reaction was a far off memory of "Who's done a smelly?", but most of you will be relieved to hear that there are no b.g.c. hits for "done a smelly" or "do a smelly", and none with "...stinky" either, so perhaps they were false memories! --Enginear 22:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

American Heritage has an idiom entry like that: make/raise a stink--Halliburton Shill 22:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

We already had make a stink, I've copied it to raise a stink. I don't think they means the same as make a smell though. Kappa 22:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The British toiletries one is also tagged rfv. These (all three) fail, right? --Connel MacKenzie 17:41, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have the feeling the British toiletries sense is only used in the plural. Kappa 18:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

RFV failed. Senses removed. —Ruakh_TALK 21:25, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Computing sense not quite right?

"Of inferior quality." I thought it was closer to code smell, i.e. suggesting a design problem. Equinox ◑ 12:51, 29 November 2015 (UTC)