# "Noisome Effluvia" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935 "2012-06-12T18:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/1 "2012-06-12T18:19:01Z")
I am reading a true-crime book about an 1841 murder in New York, and when I got to to point where the trunk was opened and the body discovered, they quoted a contemporary newspaper as saying the trunk emitted a “noisome effluvia.” This has become my very favorite phrase of the week. I picture Noisome Effluvia as a 1940s stripper at the Troc (not even good enough to work at Minsky’s). Something like this (SFW): [http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/burlesque\_sandrastorm.jpg](http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/burlesque_sandrastorm.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/2 "2012-06-12T18:20:41Z")
When you get tired of that, look into “disjecta membra”. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/3 "2012-06-12T18:28:12Z")
I remember her, from “Disjecta Membra and Her Hollywood Blondes!” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/4 "2012-06-12T18:51:39Z")
I think Noisome Effluvia opened for the Ramones at CBGB once. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/5 "2012-06-12T18:53:38Z")
I spent a while in Italy a couple of months ago wondering who the heck [Della Sinistra](http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/velvia-ii.html) was, and how I could meet her - she put me in mind of Cruella DeVille from _1,001 Dalmations_. Never did find out. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/6 "2012-06-12T19:00:11Z")
When I first moved to New York and was working in the gommint district, I saw signs on every other door reading **Al por Mayor** , and I wondered which party he belonged to and when the election was. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/7 "2012-06-12T20:36:04Z")
> [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](#): > > I spent a while in Italy a couple of months ago wondering who the heck [Della Sinistra](http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/velvia-ii.html) was, and how I could meet her She was probably hanging out with Ben Venuti. For the longest time, while watching Law & Order, I was wondering why so many judges had the first name Honey, and why it was always abbreviated. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/8 "2012-06-13T04:40:31Z")
I homebrew, so am very familiar with Noisome Effluvia. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/9 "2012-06-13T05:10:33Z")
\*\*\*\*I can’t link it because I am on the BB tablet and we’ll its BB, but the wiktionary entry on noisome goes all the way back to the Latin inodium. I would love to see “noisome effluviua” in a newspaper or tv show today. “This just in! noisome effluvia expelled from politicians mouth! More after the break! Stay tuned!” **CAPT** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/10 "2012-06-13T05:17:04Z")
You know what would be a good but unusual stripper name? Corpus Delicti. She could dress up in a goth costume and work the retro burlesque circuit. As a bonus, she could tell her customers she’s a law student and see which ones get it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/11 "2012-06-14T00:08:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You know what would be a good but unusual stripper name? Corpus Delicti. Corpus Delecti: She’ll Make You Stiff! Noisome Effluvia: Her Perfume Will Overwhelm You! The Troc in Philly used to be (in)famous for its stripper marquees: Takya Vestoff: Sweetie of the Tsars! Carlotta Tendant: You’ll Want to Park with Her All Night! Scarlett O’Fever: She’ll Destroy Your Nervous System! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/12 "2012-06-14T01:11:41Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The Troc in Philly used to be (in)famous for its stripper marquees: Wasn’t that where Sunova Beach performed? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/13 "2012-06-14T01:17:32Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Corpus Delecti: > She’ll Make You Stiff! > > Noisome Effluvia: > Her Perfume Will Overwhelm You! > > \ So this thread is down to listing the best stripper/poledancer/hooker pseudonyms now? Here’s one: Local, uh, “commercial service provider” in the local alternative news-weekly classifieds: Miss Cheri Swelz. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/14 "2012-06-14T07:00:29Z")
Tomorrow (today) I’m really going to regret posting this, but—has anybody else ever heard of a “queef?” (A vaginal fart.) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/15 "2012-06-14T12:49:58Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Tomorrow (today) I’m really going to regret posting this, but—has anybody else ever heard of a “queef?” (A vaginal fart.) Well, I do know “Queef Latina” would be a \*great \*drag name. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/16 "2012-06-15T00:23:02Z")
> [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](#): > > I spent a while in Italy a couple of months ago wondering who the heck [Della Sinistra](http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/velvia-ii.html) was, and how I could meet her - she put me in mind of Cruella DeVille from _1,001 Dalmations_. Never did find out. I think that was Frank Sinatra’s illegitimate daughter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noisome-effluvia/624935/17 "2012-06-15T00:39:08Z")
Back in the 90’s some of my friends were very active in the campaign to **Free Motorola Pager**. She fought so hard for the people of Nicaragua, the idea that she would spend the rest of her life in a prison in Managua was just unthinkable. The grassroots movement was incredible. You used to see those posters everywhere … .