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

Example sentences :

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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