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FUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fug" is a kind of...):
fog; fogginess; murk; murkiness (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
fuggy ((British informal) poorly ventilated)
