Smoggy vs Nebulous - What's the difference?
smoggy | nebulous | Related terms |
(Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria, pejorative) A person from Middlesbrough.
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Smoggy is a related term of nebulous.
As adjectives the difference between smoggy and nebulous
is that smoggy is having smog while nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.smoggy
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Noun
(Smoggies)Usage notes
Originally considered to be offensive, but more recently has been adopted by the people of Middlesbrough when referring to themselves and in this context is no longer considered offensive. English informal demonymsnebulous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
