Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1915 — Coining Words [ARTICLE]

Coining Words

The esteemed weather bureau has sprung a hew one. It is the wof-d “smog,” and it means smoke and tog. The bureau explains that very frequently fcheer are times when this mixture is apparent in the atmopshere, and it considers the new word a great little idea. Very well, “smog” let it be. But why end there? Let’s call a mixture of snow and mud “smud;” a mixture of snow and soot “snoot,” and a mixture of snow and hail “snaiL” Urns we might have a weather forecast: “Snail today, turning to snoot tonight; tomorrow' smoggy with smud.” —Kokomo Times. -