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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 [fʌg]
n
Chiefly Brit a hot, stale, or suffocating atmosphere
[perhaps variant of fog1]
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

fug
noun stale air, stink, reek, staleness, fustiness, fetidity, fetor, frowst, frowstiness the fug of cigarette smoke
Translations
fug [fʌg] N (esp Brit) → aire m viciado
what a fug!¡qué olor!
there's a fug in hereaquí huele a cerrado
fug
n (esp Brit inf) → Mief m (inf)
fug [fʌg] n (Brit) → aria viziata
fug [fʌg] n (Brit) → aria viziata


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We live in a looser, less uptight America thanks to the antics of San Francisco's Diggers, New York's Fugs, and every anonymous longhair in between.
Play, including (postmodern) irony and parody and a subversion of officialdom, becomes more evident the closer one gets to the present--though it started with yippie guerrilla performances, as well as with musical groups like the Mothers of Invention, the Fugs, and Country Joe & the Fish.
``I felt, and Harry did, too, there are connections between Allen Ginsberg's poetry, (avant-garde New York folk-rock group) the Fugs, and even Indian peyote ceremonies.
 
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