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smeller

smeller

1 8.6
A person with a strong, unpleasant body odor
  • noun
  • /ˈsmɛlər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : apestoso
  • You got a real smeller up here, huh.

Examples

  • A professional smeller whose job it is to sniff human armpits and document how bad it is.

  • - Fart smeller!

    The Sandlot (1993)

  • Everyone at the party noticed his strong body odor; he really is a bad smeller.

  • The kids giggled when they realized their friend was a known smeller who often forgot to shower.

  • After a long day of work, her colleagues jokingly called her a smeller because of her unpleasant body odor.

Synonyms

stunkard
vssmeller
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who smells very bad and nobody wants to be near them

is an informal modern word rather than an old regional term
skunkhead
vssmeller
  • US
9.9

A person who smells strongly of skunk spray

refers to general unpleasant body odor rather than a specific animal spray

How Smelly

reeking
5.0
smeller
  • Offensive
1 8.6
stinker
1 5.7

Surface Forms

smeller singular
smellers plural

Morphology

smeller = smell (semi-transparent) = smell + er

Formed from 'smell' + '-er', but here the meaning shifts to 'one who emits a strong/unpleasant odor' (informal pejorative), which requires pragmatic inference.

Etymology

Smeller comes from smell plus -er, so it can be used informally to mean 'a person who smells' in the sense of giving off a strong or unpleasant odor. A helpful way to remember this use is to think of someone people might complain about on a crowded bus or after gym class.