Synonyms for smog
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : smog, smawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : smɒg, smɔg |
Définition of smog
Origin :- 1905, blend of smoke and fog, formed "after Lewis Carrol's example" [Klein; see portmanteau]. Reputedly coined in reference to London, and first attested there in a paper read by Dr. H.A. des Voeux, treasurer of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, though he seems not to have claimed credit for coining it.
- At a recent health congress in London, a member used a new term to indicate a frequent London condition, the black fog, which is not unknown in other large cities and which has been the cause of a great deal of bad language in the past. The word thus coined is a contraction of smoke fog "smog" -- and its introduction was received with applause as being eminently expressive and appropriate. It is not exactly a pretty word, but it fits very well the thing it represents, and it has only to become known to be popular. ["Journal of the American Medical Association," Aug. 26, 1905]
- Smaze (with haze (n.)) is from 1953.
- noun air pollution
- Harsh sunlight pierced the smog and he felt his eyes watering.
- Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
- Last year we put in place the toughest-ever controls on smog and soot.
- Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
- The Sofia area, for example, is occasionally troubled by smog.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
- It was like bathing in air, washing away the smog of those long days of imprisonment.
- Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
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