SORDID (sor·did)

Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin sordidus, from sordes dirt --

1 : marked by baseness or grossness : VILE (sordid motives)

2 : DIRTY, FILTHY b : WRETCHED, SQUALID

3 : meanly avaricious

4 : morally degraded : "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"-

5 : dirty, sordid : unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

synonym see MEAN
- sor·did·ly adverb
- sor·did·ness noun

Hi again, C'NP listeners! May I introduce podcast 13, "Sordid Stories". This 'cast could be considered a continuation of sorts of podcast 12, since it also deals with stories to listen to. This cast starts out with a poke at our favorite whipping boy, Georgie Bush and his thoughts on money...
After that we get right into the seemy sexual and yes, sordid stories. First Jim Carroll weighs in with two excerpts from his bestselling book, "The Basketball Diaries", and after that comes William S. Burroughs letting us in on the best way to deal with your enemies...
After that, it's a cautionary tale from future's past, namely 1984. Join Winston Smith as he falls in love with Julia and is "cured" of the thought crime of "love"...
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