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Burnt Popcorn Smell 

The bitter, acerbic, caustic, mordacious, and just plain gross aroma that lingers in the enclosed airspace surrounding a poorly abused and neglected microwave—particularly repulsive in a shared office environment. An olfactory scarring, not soon to be forgotten, which will singe into the memory of all co-workers the dangers of an unsupervised bag both to kitchen appliances and to the productivity of an otherwise fully functioning office staff.
Alisa got distracted by a phenomenally interesting cubicle conversation and neglected her microwave snack. The office quickly filled with the dreaded burnt popcorn smell and she felt really bad about it, but we all had a jolly laugh, lit some candles, and decided to love her anyway.
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Burnt Popcorn Smell 

The bitter, acerbic, caustic, mordacious, and just plain gross aroma that lingers in the enclosed airspace surrounding a poorly abused and neglected microwave—particularly repulsive in a shared office environment. An olfactory scarring, not soon to be forgotten, which will singe into the memory of all co-workers the dangers of an unsupervised bag both to kitchen appliances and to the productivity of an otherwise fully functioning office staff.
Alisa got distracted by a phenomenally interesting cubicle conversation and neglected her microwave snack. The office quickly filled with the dreaded burnt popcorn smell and she felt really bad about it, but we all had a jolly laugh, lit some candles, and decided to love her anyway.

burnt popcorn smell 

The smell of someone's piss who smokes too much weed.
That golden shower just smelled like burnt popcorn!
(burnt popcorn smell)

Burnt Popcorn Smell 

The bitter, acerbic, caustic, mordacious, and just plain gross aroma that lingers in the enclosed airspace surrounding a poorly abused and neglected microwave—particularly repulsive in a shared office environment. An olfactory scarring, not soon to be forgotten, which will singe into the memory of all co-workers the dangers of an unsupervised bag both to kitchen appliances and to the productivity of an otherwise fully functioning office staff.
Alisa got distracted by a phenomenally interesting cubicle conversation and neglected her microwave snack. The office quickly filled with the dreaded burnt popcorn smell and she felt really bad about it, but we all had a jolly laugh, lit some candles, and decided to love her anyway.
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