Vog is the air pollution caused when sulphur dioxide and other volcanic gases react with oxygen. The word vog is a portmanteau of volcano and fog. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Vog Air Pollution”
As we’ve discussed before, a portmanteau word is a word that combines two other words, like smog, for example.
Smoke and fog.
Smoke and fog.
And more recently, we’ve been learning a lot about vog.
Video smog?
I don’t know.
Video fog.
Yeah, too many videos.
Too many cat videos.
What’s the V? I don’t remember what the V is.
It’s volcano.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it’s a form of air pollution.
The Hawaii volcano eruption.
Yeah, it’s a kind of air pollution that occurs when sulfur dioxide and other gases and particles emitted by interrupting volcano react with oxygen.
Vogue.
I think I defeated him. I think he was a final boss in a video game I played Vogue.
Vogue.
