Oh, Fug!

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"Neil Ward" wrote:
<snip the Scottish stuff> 

>>Longman's says: "Fug [informal] - The stuffy atmosphere of a poorly 
>> ventilated space."

In the US, we call this "musty"


 
>> Collins' Concise says: "Fug [Chiefly British] - A hot, stale or 
>> suffocating atmosphere."

In Iowa, we call this "summer" 
 

>> Roget's Thesaurus lists "fuggy" alongside "stale, airless, musty, 
>>fusty, frowsty, frowzy...smoky, stuffy, suffocating, foul, noisome, 
>>noxious, sulphurous, mephitic & miasmic."

In the US, especially in California, we call this "smog", but what 
the fug ... you call it whatever you like. hee hee

Sweet Iowan Doreen ... *snicker* *giggle* *blush*