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Chew On This. Please.
There's no such thing as bad breath. If there was, we'd say that some folks had "good breath," too, or maybe we'd have some sort of rating system in between, from superior or exquisite breath to satisfactory or competent breath. Nevertheless, we seem to have no lack of synonyms for the "bad" in bad breath -- words like "atrocious," "repellant," "skunky," and "hellaciously fetid" come to mind. But when it comes to breath, we ought to recognize that "bad" is really just a cultural value judgement. I'm certain that, in some colorful country somewhere, the odor of a goat's ass…