It would come at the sight of some architectural abomination, or a roadside blighted with billboards.
Not some swiggable abomination like the yoghurt-and-quinoa Nosh, obviously, or the equally ill-conceived Weetabix on the Go.
The existence of the latter may seem to some an abomination, but, if it means we get to keep the former, let's call it a necessary evil.
But you need not fear asparagus ice cream or foie gras with rhubarb or some other abomination committed in the name of innovation.
As readers we always knew there were other countries in play beyond the borders, all with their different takes on magic, some seeing it as an abomination, some worshipping it, some seeing it as a business opportunity.
In the latter camp, the worst you would see is the occasional shoddy adaptation, but the former led to some true abominations.
Lucky, when it was first published in December 2000, was considered a major innovation by some and an abomination by others.
Most important, though, each time you kill some slavering, otherworldly abomination, you never know what it may be carrying.
Roseanne Barr at a Major League Baseball game, 1990 People often cite Barr's screeching and out-of-tune interpretation as some sort of abomination, but honestly, it is glorious.
"If this had been some kind of abomination like Scrappy Doo, doing nasty stuff on the grave of the original, I couldn't have been doing with it," Eldon concludes.
