We stayed in by the telly, although the room was smelly

[venta]

Just another word-use survey. Consider the following sentence:

"Thank you very much for the smellies you gave me for my birthday."

[Poll #1618623]

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, good point, it does make a useful workign collective term. I don't think I've ever been given more than one such at a time :-)

[venta.livejournal.com]

So despite the fact you weren't sure if there was a singular, you've only ever had one at once...

:)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Fortunately I was never called upon to describe it :-)