Wildfires in the drought-stricken state have been burning all summer. The combination of smoke and fog turned deadly.

  • @SalamendaciousOP
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    611 months ago

    I asked myself the exact same question as I read it

    • @RojoSanIchiban
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      1011 months ago

      IIRC while it was originally coined as that portmanteau, it was later “officially” used only for the haze caused by nitrous oxides, ozones and sulfur dioxide from leaded gas/diesel vehicles, coal power, and industrial operations.

      Not an etymologist though.