fug
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- fuggy adjective
Etymology
Origin of fug
First recorded in 1885–90; originally British dialect and boarding school slang; further origin obscure; compare earlier British slang fogo “stench”
Vocabulary lists containing fug
Example Sentences
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They were gathering evidence for potential criminal charges against the MPs who had plunged the parliament into a fug of pink and black smoke as they unfurled banners accusing the government of corruption.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025
A bit of harmony, a collective pulling ourselves out of this fug, wouldn’t go amiss at the moment.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
Armies of young women emerged from the fug of subway stations every day to fill the offices of those magazines.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2022
But the setup refuses to deliver, grammatically, and the novel hangs, like the narrator herself, in a fug of unresolved tension.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 6, 2019
The fug of body odour, perfume and laundry soap hangs oppressively above bowed, damp heads.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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