stunkard
- noun
- Offensive
Examples
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Stunkard, A. J. (1986). An adoption study of human obesity. New England Journal of Medicine, 314(4), 193-198.
Academic text (2010) -
Although the syndrome of morning anorexia, evening hyperphagia, and/or insomnia was first reported by Stunkard and his colleagues at least 60 years ago, lack of a standard definition has impeded recognition of NES comparison and comparison of study results.
Academic text (2015) -
-- Stunkard, A. J., Sorenson, T., & Schlusinger, F. (1983). Use of the Danish Adoption Register for the study of obesity and thinness. In S.S. Kety, L. P. Rowland, R. L.
Academic text (2009) -
Patients with early onset obesity have been reported to experience greater body image disturbance than individuals with late onset obesity (Stunkard & Burt, 1967), although Faubel (1989) argued that there is no difference between depression and body image disturbance in individuals who became obese early or later in life.
Academic text (1993) -
After the long hike, he realized he had become a bit of a stunkard due to his lack of showering.
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Everyone avoided him at the party because he was known as a stunkard who never used deodorant.
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The rumors about him being a stunkard circulated, especially after he skipped bathing for days.
Synonyms
A person with a strong, unpleasant body odor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stunkard comes from the old word stunk, which means 'to smell bad', plus the ending -ard, like in drunkard, which marks a person. So a stunkard is someone who 'stinks' or smells bad.