[Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Smog"

[Ben Zimmer]

Nice find, Fred! Though it's a not-so-major antedating from the one you
found from 1881.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-December/115046.html

I cited that antedating in a 2018 WSJ column on "vog" (volcanic smog):

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-kilauea-rages-a-look-at-the-diverse-volcanic-vocabulary-1527258578?st=09sikp4o1bo5utk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

--bgz

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 1:35 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> smog (OED 1905)
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> 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.
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> Fred Shapiro
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