"stink up the room"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Huh? Doesn't this just mean they stank so bad everyone in the room
could smell 'em??

DanG

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On Oct 29, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> 'To present vexing difficulties or distractions.'
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> CNN reports that in the midst of the Cards'  dramatic drive to the
> pennant and the World's Championship, "The Braves began stinking up
> the room."
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> JL
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