Antihuff

/ˈæntiˌhʌf/ adjective

Definition

Designed to resist, prevent, or reduce fogging or clouding on a surface, especially eyeglasses or mirrors.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + huff (the moisture that creates fogging when you breathe on a surface). This is a colloquial compound that emerged from everyday language about breath fogging.

Kelly Says

Those special coatings on ski goggles and bathroom mirrors that keep them from fogging up are antihuff treatments—it's such a practical problem that it got its own everyday word!

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