pea-souper

ˈpiːˌsuːpə

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#1·9h ago

(British, Canada, informal) A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog.

A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.

Origin: [[File:Nelson's Column during the Great Smog of 1952.jpg|thumb|Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square during the Great Smog of London, which blanketed London in a severe pea-souper (sense 1) from 5 to 9 December 1952.]] From ; * (dense, yellowish fog”): from the appearance of the fog * (French-Canadian person): may be from the prevalence of pea soup in French cuisine: compare pea soup. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·9h ago

(Canada, slang, derogatory) A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec.

I can hear the bell on the buoy, but I can’t see anything in this pea-souper.

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