Since that time, however, brackish has developed the additional meanings of "unpalatable" and "repulsive," presumably because of the oozy, mucky, and sometimes stinky (or stinkyish, if you prefer)—not just salty—qualities of coastal estuaries and swamps.

Definitions of brackish. adjective. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) “a brackish lagoon” synonyms: briny.

: to take the stomach, intestines, etc., out of (an animal or person) : to remove the bowels of (an animal or person)

noun. bo·beche bō-ˈbesh. -ˈbāsh. : a usually glass collar on a candle socket to catch drippings or on a candlestick or chandelier to hold suspended glass prisms.