What do you think of when you hear the phrase "a rancid affair"?

[RagingInMiami]

[name not needed]

1. illicit sex at a rancid show

[Left Is Write]

2. I don't know. I usually only use rancid to refer to food.

[Catch22Dem]

3. George & Laura

[miss_kitty]

4. An incident involving old butter, gingko nuts and/or

dirty gym gear that sat in a locker for a while. Or anything to do with butyric acid.

Why do you ask?

[RagingInMiami]

5. I'm using it in a short story I'm writing for my creative writing class

[miss_kitty]

8. So was the affair truly smelly?

Butyric acid is the component that makes the things I mentioned stink-bad. Real bad. I always associate 'rancid' with butter. Just as a phrase, not an experience.

[RagingInMiami]

9. I'm using it metaphorically , this is the sentence

And his decomposing body was permeating everything in the hotel room, from the walls to the furniture to even the beer, turning a week of debauchery on Miami Beach into a rancid affair.

[miss_kitty]

13. Sounds truly smelly

THAT smell permeates safe suits, so I'd say 'rancid' is good

OOhhh-wait! Was his decomposing body permeating everything in the hotel room? Or was the smell from his decomposing body permeating everything in the hotel room? I am assuming the AC was off for some reason...

[RagingInMiami]

14. it's the smell

I'll clear that up. Thanks for catching that.

[NYC]

6. The word "rancid"

always brings to mind butter.

However, if I read the phrase "rancid affair" I would assume it was some deal that had gone bad, gone sour.

[Misunderestimator]

7. Buffy and Jody cooking dinner?

[MichiganVote]

10. Rove and his wife

[Liberal In Texas]

11. Anyone who has to talk to O'Really on the phone. N/T

[Theres-a]

12. The GOP