Fogust
fog-uhstnoun
SlangNorCalDifficulty 2 of 3: Regional
Definition
August in San Francisco, when the rest of California is hot and the City is socked in and cold.
In simple English: August in San Francisco, when the fog makes it cold.
Examples
Don’t come in Fogust expecting shorts weather.
Fogust hit and we pulled the parkas back out.
Usage notes
A joke that is also a forecast. Mark Twain probably did not say the line everyone quotes, but the weather is real.
At a glance
- Track
- Slang
- Region
- NorCal
- Part of speech
- noun