Flyblown

The Word of the Day for September 28 is "flyblown."

flyblown: (adjective)1. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies.
   2. a. Tainted; corrupt
       b. Dirty or rundown

Synonyms: sordid, squalid

Usage: The gang met at a flyblown, grimy little bar on the edge of town to plan its next heist.

Relevance to my life:  Just a few months ago after I had stopped working and yet another relationship seemed destined for the shitheap, it appeared to me that my future prospects were as lively as a flyblown, rotting corpse.

Emergency Services found the poor girl dead in her family's flyblown house, amid piles of rotting garbage, 3-foot-high mounds of feces and with over one hundred malnourished cats wandering around.*

I know. I'm so cheery today.

*This is a real-life case in the news here in central NY. The case is still a  mystery, no one has yet been charged after almost 4 weeks because authorities are apparently still investigating the matter but have named her father, step-mother and step-brother, "Persons of Interest."

There has been a public outcry against Social Services because they'd investigated the family a few years earlier, but closed the case. Last month, the girl was found hanged in her bedroom.

She was 11 years old, and the school picture they've published in the news media shows the face of a very sad little girl.