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This week's theme Short words This week's words ort fug birl bap cwm Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg fug PRONUNCIATION: (fug) MEANING: noun: Stale, humid, and stuffy atmosphere, as in a crowded, poorly ventilated room. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin, perhaps from fogo (stench). USAGE: "[The butterfly stroke] may have a fug of raw, sweating masculinity about it, but it's also the most irritating of all strokes." Barney Ronay; Vladimir Putin's Tough-guy Swimming Technique; The Guardian (London, UK); Aug 6, 2009. Explore "fug" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: God is usually on the side of the big squadrons against the small. -Comte Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, writer (1618-1693)

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