02-08-2006, 07:30 PM
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Polly thinks you are tiggeriffic!!!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Cacodylic
Definition 2 DEFINATELY applies to my EX DH!!!
Pronunciation: [kæ-kê-'di-lik]
Definition 1: Belonging to the arsenic group of poisons.
Definition 2: Foul-smelling.
Usage 2: Used almost exclusively to refer to arsenics and foul-smelling poisons. But the word's origins have nothing to do with poison.
Suggested usage: The word's historical meaning suggests only "foul-smelling" and we are perfectly at will to use it in this sense. We could find a cacodylic stream running through the park or cacodylic kids who just played in it. A cacodylic substance clinging to one's shoes or an undistinguished cacodylic heap in the corner of the basement are not far-fetched.
Etymology: Greek kakos "bad, ugly" + od from od-ein "to smell" + yl + ic. Kakos is related to kakka, a common word floating about the Indo-European languages. The English variant begins with "h" and has a diminutive ending. Also the source of "poppycock" (from Dutch pap, possibly from Latin pappa "food" + kak "feces"), not to mention "cacophony" (bad-sounding).
—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
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