fug
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fugs
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Origin of fug
First recorded in 1885–90; originally British dialect and boarding school slang; further origin obscure; compare earlier British slang fogo “stench”
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Amid the fug of confusion, MacNeice pulled up replay after replay for Berry to look at and - eureka! - appeared to be leading Berry in the direction of try.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
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
It was filthy: lice-ridden, moldy, overpowered by the fug of overflowing latrines and rotting flesh.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2020
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
Even in the best-case scenarios, when a gymnast absolutely nails this skill—Biles on her very best day; Riley McCusker—it’s, well, I believe the technical parlance is the unmitigated fugs.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021
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