(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.