Smoggie
Demonym for people from Teesside, Northern England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Smoggie is a colloquial term used to refer to people from the Teesside area of North East England. The term is also used to describe the local accent and dialect spoken in the area. The term relates to the area's notoriety for its high levels of pollution from local industry, which resulted in a thick smog that often blanketed the region. Despite popular belief that the term originates from the 1960s, its earliest recorded use is in the 1990s, as visiting football supporters from other areas of the country began to refer to the locals as "smog monsters", which was later shortened to "smoggies".[1] Despite its origins as a term of derision, "Smoggie" has since been adopted as a term of pride by many residents of Teesside.[1]