General Knowledge · Question
If someone said "you are olid", what would they mean?
Answer
You smell extremely unpleasant.
The story behind the answer
“Olid” is an adjective meaning having a strong, unpleasant, fetid smell. So if someone says “you are olid,” they’re saying you smell extremely unpleasant. It doesn’t refer to how you look, your intelligence, or your physical fitness, which rules out the other options.
The word comes from Latin olidus, from olere, “to smell,” and entered English in the 17th century; it’s now rare and mostly literary. Memory tip: think “O-lid”—when you open the lid on something rotten, a rank odor hits you. You might also link it to “olfactory,” the sense of smell, to remember its connection to odors.