(smahw' gress)
1. the impression of progress when nothing is really getting done.
2.
lip service to or about "progress" when you are actually just
spinning your
wheels.
From "smoke and mirrors" + "progress."
Back in the 1950s there were
great predictions about flying cars and fantastic robots. It was all smogress; no one knew at the
time the practical difficulties en route to that
dream.