stodge

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stodge

  • /stɒd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɒdʒ

Where it comes from

Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

verb stodges · stodging · stodged

  1. transitive To stuff; to cram.

noun stodges

  1. UK, countable, uncountable Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding The meal was nothing but heavy stodge with no fresh vegetables.
  2. countable, figuratively, uncountable Anything dull and bland. Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge.

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noun heavy, dull food

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@misc{stodge_2026,
  title = {stodge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stodge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}