fug -- Willie

fug (fg) n. A heavy, stale atmosphere, especially the musty air of an overcrowded or poorly ventilated room: "In spite of the open windows the stench had become a reeking fug" (Colleen McCullough). [Perhaps alteration of fogo, stench.]

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Willie's memoir might begin: "I walked into the lockerroom's fug, focused on my tennis strategy."