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The lived-in masterpiece of neglect, where dirt has signed the lease.
means A state of filth and misery, usually from extreme poverty or total abandonment of upkeep.
from From Latin squalere, to be filthy or scaly — the same root that pictures dirt encrusted like rough scales on skin.
Legal cousinDiogenes syndrome describes self-neglect and squalid hoarding.
Class baggageLong used to moralize about poverty, not just describe mess.
Scaly originSqualere meant rough and crusted, like reptile skin.