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They are what some people call portmanteau words, i.e. words made by combining parts of two or more other words.
Smog = smoke and fog; brunch = breakfast and lunch, and so on.
"Portmanteau word" is a term inspired by Lewis Carroll. When Humpty Dumpty is explaining "Jabberwocky" to Alice, he says that words like "slithy" are "like a portmanteau: there are two meanings packed up in one word."
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What do you call a dirty haze that forms when air pollution combines with moisture in the air?
That wet, dirty haze is called smog. It comes from combining the words smoke and fog.
What two words are blended to form the word smog?
smoke and fog = smog.
What do you call heavily polluted air?
smog
When air pollution combines with moisture in the air dirty haze forms What do you call this?
This phenomenon is called smog, which is a combination of smoke and fog. Smog is a type of air pollution that occurs when pollutants react with sunlight and moisture in the atmosphere, creating a visible haze.
What o you call the dirty haze that forms when air pollution combines with moisture in the air?
A dirty haze resulting from air pollution and air moisture is called smog.
What two words put together form the word smog?
smoke + fog = smog
What two words are combined for the word 'smog'?
smoke / fog = sm-og = smog
What are major components of smog?
The key component of smog is usually gas from cars and buildings. In Victorian times, people would call smog pea soup because of the thickness of the smog. Smog is especially bad in city areas (such as Paris). Some cities introduce traffic bans when there are high levels of smog in the area.
What do you call dirty haze that forms when pollution combines with moisture in the air?
its called smog.Answer:It can be one of two types of smog:"Classic" smog which id formed by smoke, sulfur dioxide and fogPhotochemical smog which is formed from reactive hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, ozone and sunlight.
What do Londoners call pea soup?
This is an expression for a thick fog or smog.
What is the term for a mixture of smoke chemicals and fog?
The original ten was smog for SMoke + fOG. With more modern events where the effect is caused by the action of sunlight and ozone on chemicals or auto exhaust and fog it is often referred to as Photochemical Smog
How do you use the word smog in a sentence?
Smog means a combination of smoke and fog. It's pollution. Here are some sentences.The smog is really bad today.Large cities have more smog than smaller ones.The street was obscured by heavy smog.i couldn't see well because of the smog.Los Angeles is famous for smog.Smog is a combined form of the words 'smoke' and 'fog'. I don't like smog.Sometimes the smog has a stronger smell.
