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smellie|ˈsmɛlɪ|
[f. smell v. + -ie, after talkie.]
A (hypothetical) cinema or television film in which smell is synchronized with the picture. Usu. pl. Cf. feely.
1929A. P. Herbert in Punch 8 May 508/3 These early smellies made a great sensation, particularly Fish, a strong story written ‘around the life of a San Francisco fishwife of homicidal tendencies’. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 12 Apr. 6/6 (cartoon caption) Soviet Smellies present ‘Uncle Joe's Pipe’. 1958Spectator 20 June 801/3 We had an Esther Williams picture and I wanted to advertise it as a smellie, with an ozonair machine in the foyer... The circuit wouldn't wear it, though. 1977Time 11 Apr. 33/2 Another treat in the works: smellies—a futuristic device attached to the [T.V.] set will emit aromas into the living room. |