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."
smoke and fog = smog.
That wet, dirty haze is called smog. It comes from combining the words smoke and fog.
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A dirty haze resulting from air pollution and air moisture is called smog.
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.
smoke + fog = smog
smoke / fog = sm-og = 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.
This is an expression for a thick fog or smog.
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.
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
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