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fug

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fug  (fg)
n.
A heavy, stale atmosphere, especially the musty air of an overcrowded or poorly ventilated room: "In spite of the open windows the stench had become a reeking fug" (Colleen McCullough).

[Perhaps alteration of fogo, stench.]

fug
Noun
Chiefly Brit & NZ a hot stale atmosphere [origin unknown]
fuggy adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
fogginess, murk, murkiness, fog - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Translations
fug [fʌg] naire m viciado
fug [fʌg] n (Brit) → puanteur f, odeur f de renfermé
fug [fʌg] (Brit) (inf) nMief m (inf)
fug [fʌg] n (BRIT) → aria viziata


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Dow makes no particular claims to documentary veracity@ the luminous glow of these works is as much a product of manipulated light and printing as of the British fug from which they emerge.
But the fug within was worse than the fug without; our discomfort in the close confines of the cubicle increased.
 
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