Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1915 — Coining Words [ARTICLE]

Coining Words

The esteemed weather bureau has sprung a new one. It 1* the word “amog,” and it means smoke and fog. The bureau explains that very frequently theer 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 * mixture of snow and mud “smud;” a mixture of snow and soot “snoot,” and a mixture of snow and hail “snail." Thus we might have a weather forecast: “Snail today, turning to snoot tonight; tomorrow smoggy with smud.” —Kokomo Times.