Meaning & use
stanky
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Informal term meaning having a strong, unpleasant smell.
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Someone needs to wash those stanky gym socks.
The fridge smelled stanky after the power outage.
A note on using this word
Stanky is an informal intensified variant of 'stinky,' popularized in African American Vernacular English and hip-hop slang before entering wider casual use.
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