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Smellancholy 

The smell of something familiar, even though you sometimes cannot place what it was.
Walking by a restaurant I used to work at, a waft of smellancholy hit me and I was again an 18 year old serving greedy diners chicken pie.
Smellancholy by Himing August 28, 2019
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Smellancholy 

An odour which elicits a feeling of gloom or depression.
As I sat in the hospital waiting room for my colonoscopy, the smellancholy was overwhelming.
Smellancholy by DClark22 September 25, 2010

Smellancholy 

The great sadness one feels when a food that is in the fridge that smelled great a couple of days ago when it has turned to a not so pleasant smell before you have the chance eat the leftover.

Also applies to food that smelled great at a restaurant, but has now overwhelmed everything and knocks you down every time you open the fridge...
After the wonderful Italian meal on Friday night, she had serious smellancholy the next day when the garlic emanating from the fridge knocked her over.
Smellancholy by JohnGo April 12, 2014
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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