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smog(n.)

1905年,由 smoke (名词)和 fog (名词)混合而成,"仿效刘易斯·卡罗尔的例子" [克莱因; 见 portmanteau ]。据说是在伦敦的一篇由煤烟减少协会财务主管 H.A.德沃先生所读的论文中首次出现,尽管他似乎没有声称自己创造了这个词。

At a recent health congress in London, a member used a new term to indicate a frequent London condition, the black fog, which is not unknown in other large cities and which has been the cause of a great deal of bad language in the past. The word thus coined is a contraction of smoke fog "smog" — and its introduction was received with applause as being eminently expressive and appropriate. It is not exactly a pretty word, but it fits very well the thing it represents, and it has only to become known to be popular. [Journal of the American Medical Association, Aug. 26, 1905]
在伦敦最近的一次健康大会上,一位成员使用了一个新术语来表示伦敦经常出现的黑雾,这在其他大城市也不罕见,过去曾引起了很多不良言论。这个新创造的词是 smog,是 smoke fog 的缩写,它的引入得到了掌声,因为它非常生动形象。它不是一个很漂亮的词,但它非常贴切地描述了它所代表的事物,只要它被广泛认识,它就会变得流行。[美国医学协会杂志,1905年8月26日]

Smaze   (与 haze(名词)一起)是从1953年开始使用的。

该词起源时间:1905年