Lyric discussion by hevymetalgrl 

Alright. Here we go. This song does not have a meaning to it! One of Kurts childhood friends spray painted on a wall, "Kurt Cobain Smells Like Teen Spirit". For all of you that do not know, Teen Spirit is a type of womens deodarant in the states. This was spray painted because Kurt never wore deodarant, and he decided to write a song with the words, worldwidely know as, "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The lyrics have no real meaning, he just threw together something to create a song, that's all.

@hevymetalgrl Kurt was being teased that he now smelled like Teen Spirit deodorant, which was used by the girl he was hanging around. That's why the phrase was put on the wall. He didn't know what that was and thought it sounded like a good song title.

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