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smell test
smell test
A hypothetical pass/fail "test" that gauges the moral acceptability or trustworthiness of someone or something. The new pro-drilling bill that's being put through Congress doesn't pass the smell test, and many are suspicious that Big Oil has been responsible for its inception.
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| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
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| Isolda | | i-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English) | Arthurian Romance |
| Iliana | | - | Greek, Bulgarian |
| Elof | | E-lof | Swedish |
| Ad | | [æd] | |
| Canute | | kə-NOOT (English), kə-NYOOT (English) | History |
| Baruch | | bə-ROOK (English), BER-ook (English), BAR-ook (English), BAHR-ook (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |