Definition 1: A curmudgeon who finds fault in everything; someone who loves misery.
Usage 1: The plural of today's odd word is "smellfungi" ['smell-fun-gee]. It is still used by those familiar with the Sterne-Smollett debate over the relative merits of France, Italy, and England (see Etymology). We thought it an oddity that you might find amusing—and useful, in view of the dearth of politically correct terms for such people these days.
Suggested usage: Smellfungi are generally bitter people addicted to themselves, "That old smellfungus could find fault with the very saints!" By implication such people would have to enjoy all the misery they wallow in, "Farthingsly is a smellfungus who fervidly avoids others because he can only find enough misery in his own company."
Etymology: Tobias Smollett's collection of letters entitled 'Travels through France and Italy' (1766) were remarkable for their persistent criticism of those two countries. Laurence Sterne referred to Smollett as "the learned Smelfungus" in his more sympathetic reply of 1767, entitled 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy.' (You can refresh your recollection of the debate at Bartleby.com.) Apparently, Stern thought Smollett could smell a fungus even where none existed. The spelling has since picked up the second [l] on "smell" and found a snug niche for itself in the Oxford English Dictionary. (Brenda Dencer was ed to discover such a word in her language but we thank her for sharing its voltage with us.)
—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
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good word, never would have come up with that one!!!!!!!!!!
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