vog

[ vog, vawg ]

noun

1. air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vog¹

1965–70; v(olcanic) ( def ) + (f)og ¹( def ) or (sm)og ( def )

Example Sentences

Clouds of vog comprised of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide continue to endanger residents, visitors, crops, and livestock.

From Popular-Science

They seem not to have been noticed by De Vog, whose work I have generally found to be very detailed and faithful.

From Project Gutenberg

The unfinished work by De Vog remains, however, perhaps the most important contribution to our knowledge of this region.

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But best of all in this sense is the opinion of the most talented writer of this camp, the opinion of the Academician Vog.

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De Vog sees in him the leader of a new school, but there is as yet little that is new in his manner of judging life.

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I imagine that De Vog does not know much of the popular songs of the south and the west of Italy.

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