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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 two words are blended to form the word smog?
smoke and fog = smog.
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 do you call heavily polluted air?
smog
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.
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 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 Londoners call pea soup?
This is an expression for a thick fog or smog.
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 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
What does smog smell like?
it smells like apples
