Smelfungus
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Smelfungus, a name given by Laurence Sterne to Tobias Smollett as author of a volume of Travels through France and Italy, for the snarling abuse he heaps on the institutions and customs of the countries he visited; a name Carlyle assumes when he has any seriously severe criticisms to offer on things particularly that have gone or are going to the bad.
- It is also a pet name used by the Furies in Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age).
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