fugs

Noun (1)

fug (countable and uncountable, plural fugs)

1. (informal, dialectal and school slang) A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area.
   • "Someone's been too much for you," remarks Bistow, seating himself in the most comfortable chair, as a consolation for the prevailing fug.1888, [Edward Frederic Benson], chapter I, in Sketches from Marlborough, Marlborough, Wiltshire: Cha[rle]s Perkins, the “Times” Office, →OCLC, page 16
2. (countable, figuratively) A state of chaos or confusion; a daze.
   • There was a fug of fear in the room.2002, Chris Beckett, “Marcher”, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, →ISBN

Noun (2)

fug (plural fugs)

1. (singular, singular-only) Preceded by the: used as an intensifier.
   • I don't know jes where the fug he think he is at.1961, Robert Gover, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, page 21
2. Something of little value.
   • I didn't know what any of it meant and didn't give a fug either.2013, Anne Lazurko, Dollybird, →ISBN
3. A contemptible person.
   • Look at those fugs!1942, Army and Navy Journal, volume 80, page 345

Noun (3)

fug (plural fugs)

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, Baltimore) A cigarette.

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