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†Just goes to show that the old bromide (are there any new bromides?) is true.
The word "bromide" caught my eye. The dictionary does not say anything about why "bromides" are objectionable. I remembered "bromhidrosis" but dictionary doesn't give it. On Internet I immediate found a German site which defined it as "when the sweat stinks."
So, old bromides literally stink. But new ones are constantly being formed, alas.
Fr brome < Gr brÔmos, stench
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mind-bogglingly? WhitmanO'Neill 05/27/01 02:21 PM Re: Mind-bogglingly? tsuwm 05/27/01 02:48 PM Re: Mind-bogglingly? + The Loss of the -ly Adverb WhitmanO'Neill 05/27/01 04:50 PM Re: Mind-bogglingly? + The Loss of the -ly Adverb tsuwm 05/27/01 05:33 PM Re: Mind-bogglingly? + The Loss of the -ly Adverb WhitmanO'Neill 05/27/01 06:31 PM Re: Mind-bogglingly? + The Loss of the -ly Adverb Capital Kiwi 05/28/01 09:08 AM Aw, shucks! Faldage 05/28/01 12:52 PM Re: Aw, bromhidrosis wwh 05/28/01 07:08 PM
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