"FUG" BOOTS

Does anyone know where the term "Fug" originated for the thigh high sheepskin boots worn by RFC flight crew members?

Regards,
Steve

Perhaps it's the German word "Flug" in the meaning of flight! "Flugstiefel" or "Fliegerstiefel"

If memory serves, the term is "FUG." Didn't Lanoe Hawker come up with the idea for them?

DD

Yes, fug boots were Hawker's invention. I've no certainty about the source of the word, but I seem to recall "fug" being used to describe the warm, closed-in (read "odiferous") atmosphere of a typical RFC squadron mess. By extension, then, "fug" boots would be something that kept you warm.

I've been looking for something like these... Anyone know where I could find these boots for sale? (replicas)

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Michael

I think you are right. What you need on a cold wet December night in England is a pub with a good 'fug' to it. If that is the derivation, Hawker would have been using the term somewhat ironically.

Vigilant

I've seen a real pair for sale on Ebay, price about $1000. Repos I've never seen but maybe a place like Great War would make you a pair? I seem to recall they will do things like that but it will still be pricey.

>Does anyone know where the term "Fug" originated

When I was a kid in North-West Sydney "Fug" or "Fugly" was coloquial for "F****** Ugly". Dont know if that helps or not.




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I was thinking it might mean FROZEN UP (to the) GROMMITS.

[Vigilant]

Oxford English Dictionary:

FUG - Brit. informal - a warm stuffy or smoky atmosphere in a room. ORIGIN late 19th century (originally dialect and schoolchildren's slang): of unknown origin.