smog

v. to certify that an automobile meets emission standards. Subjects: California, English, Automobiles & Transportation, Slang

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Citations: 1972 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, California) (Sept. 15) “Autos For Sale” (in classifieds) p. C-16: ’67 PLYM Fury…belted tires, smogged, $895. 1985 Bob Hagin San Diego Union-Tribune (California) (Aug. 14) “Noisy Honda has him puzzled” p. E-3: When the car was smogged (in California), it showed no carbon monoxide and 65 parts per million in raw gas. 1996 Daily Aztec (California) (Feb. 26) “A student’s guide to buying a dependable used car” (in San Diego State University): Vehicles which were made before 1965 are not required to be smogged for registration. 2000 CNN.com (July 11) “There is gold in that smogmobile”: Arthur Garcia had been driving the same small, 22-year-old truck to work and back for the last 12 years. But when it came time in May to get his pickup “smogged,” Californian slang for an emissions test, his local garage told him that the vehicle would not pass, not even with a tune-up. 2004 Sharron Esler Sierra Sun (Truckee, California) (Apr. 16) “A trip to Baja with Bob”: Andrew had brought Bob to be smogged on Monday and this 25-year-old vehicle did not pass.

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