[Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Smog"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Oct 22 17:34:53 UTC 2022
smog (OED 1905)
1880 Henry Meyrick _Santa Cruz and Monterey Illustrated Hand-Book_ The morning fog ... is really not fog at all, but cloud of pure white mist, warmer and much less wetting than a "Scotch Mist," not differing entirely from the true British fog, facetiously spelled "smog" because always colored and strongly impregnated with smoke, a mixture as unwholesome as it is unpleasant.
Fred Shapiro
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