A word used to describe the kind, gentle and
successful people of Teesside. Originating from the smog which surrounds the area and comes from ICI. Smoggies can often be found having a few quiet drinks with friends, nattering about key issues effecting the business at a global level and also being fanatical over the most succesful club in the North East - Middlesbrough.
Not to be confused with Gerodies & Mackems who, if
mythology is to be believed, descended from a race of rats.