Definition of "fug" []

• A heavy, stale atmosphere, especially the musty air of an overcrowded or poorly ventilated room: "In spite of the open windows the stench had become a reeking fug” ( Colleen McCullough). (noun)

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• "I think this book should have been called An Abundance of Fugs, mainly because the word fug (or some variation thereof) is used about 7500 times (not that I counted)."
• "When Norman Mailer wrote his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, he used a euphemism -- "fug" -- for fuck."
• "I think he used "fug" in The Naked and the Dead, unless I'm thinking of someone else."