2013 BMW M6 coupe, not an overpowered shite pile, probably. Public domain by way of Creative Commons.
Today’s word is “odious,” an adjective that describes a thing that provokes loathing and contempt, with an assumption that the object deserves hatred and disgust. But that’s usually the case with gut reactions.
It’s a handy word for creative insults. I wish I felt like insulting somebody right now, but I haven’t had enough coffee yet.
It sure would have come in handy yesterday when I was stuck in a clusterfuck of L.A. traffic, though. “Move your overpowered shite pile, you odious pustule!”
It comes from Middle English by way of a Latin word for hatred, and previously from a Greek word for anger. So sayeth Webster’s.
Odious came into English in the 1300s, but odium didn’t arrive for another three centuries. I would go into this, but as I said I haven’t had enough coffee yet.
