when's the last time you heard that word used as a reference to bad breath.??
2007-02-01 09:58:14 · 13 answers · asked by Mystee_Rain 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Sounds like a deadly disease doesn't it? I have heard it now and again over the years and it always amuses me to think of this long fancy word to describe bad breath!
2007-02-01 10:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by Silva 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I last hear it in this joke:
Oh that Gandhi!
So Gandhi always walked around with no shoes on so he had really rough feet. He is also renowned for his hunger strikes that made him very skinny.
He was also a very spiritual man. But due to his poor diet he had very bad breath.
So what does that make Gandhi?
A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!
2007-02-01 18:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last time I heard it was on a history game show 10+ years ago when they were talking about the 1920 halitosis scare to sell mouth wash.
2007-02-01 18:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
halitosis was a medical term used only by doctors until Listerine was developed, first as a powerful antiseptic and floor cleaner and then they weakened the strength and advertised it as a solution to halitosis. Listerine "sold" halitosis to the public, or else we wouldn't know what it was.
2007-02-01 18:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by kristin747 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it used last night on the TV show Beauty and the Geek.
2007-02-01 18:06:13 · answer #5 · answered by kathleen h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not common for people to use the medical term. It's been a while since I've heard it called that.
2007-02-01 18:01:21 · answer #6 · answered by CctbOh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the clinical name for persistent bad breath.
2007-02-01 18:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just today. It's a polite way to say "your breath is rank" lol
2007-02-01 18:01:31 · answer #8 · answered by Doodlebug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on a sign at a church, beleive it or not! I don't remember what it said, but it was about their upcoming service
2007-02-01 18:05:36 · answer #9 · answered by margarita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the movie little nicky
2007-02-01 18:04:50 · answer #10 · answered by woody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋