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Default Rancid Cooking Oil???

Are there degrees of rancidity? Is a rancid oil really rancid or just
stale? My wife has infinite degrees of olfactory sensitivity (I can't
get away with anything). She's always declaring my cooking oils
stale, almost stale, very stale. My canola oil has no scent; my peanut
oil, a slight hint which she would probably call stale. My grapeseed
oil is a little stronger than my peanut oil--not a bad scent, just
kinda there. Okay smell is very subjective; mine is barely jective.
But is a "bad" or rancid oil really bad? Do it make you want to slap
yo mamma?