Fun with vocabulary – The words fusty, mephitic tang – actual unsolicited use. Quote from The New Bedouins: This Is Over The Top
street people, with the usual fusty, mephitic tang in the air around them.
fusty defined: / dictionary.com – having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
mephitic defined: / dictionary.com – offensive to the smell
tang defined: / dictionary.com – a pungent or distinctive odor
Stowe Boyd is my hero. Having said that – I am critical of this sentence because:
Fusty means stinky. Mephitic means stinky. Tang means the stink. It’s like new innovation. It’s redundant.
Having said that – I enjoy being exposed to new words. I have never in my life ever heard anyone utter the words fusty or mephitic. I have heard the word tang – and not just the orange drink of the astronauts.
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