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#124183 02/29/04 09:22 PM
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From an AP story on the wire today:

"Computer models drawn by scientists at the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict the spill will wash out to sea and not glom onto the shores . . .."

I thought glom had a differednt meaning: "I would glom onto the meaning of the statement" being something akin to "I would figure (puzzle) out or perhaps stumble upon the meaning of the statement."

It's not a word I would use. Would any of you use it? And if so, how?



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I might use it, rarely, and to me it means to grab onto something.


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I agree with jheem, but with the addition of "and not let go"


#124186 02/29/04 09:44 PM
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I've used it, and it has a sticky quality to it. figure it out, grab onto it, grok it...





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#124187 02/29/04 09:46 PM
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Ah! You mean like a little kid with a booger on his finger?


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Just looked it up. Supposed to be from a Scots word.


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like a little kid with a...

well. I used to use it...



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#124190 02/29/04 09:54 PM
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I pronounced this as 'boo'-'ger' read this as "one who boogs". So, 'booged' must be the end at which the means "gloming" arrived?!?!




#124191 02/29/04 10:07 PM
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I believe that you have achieved the glomization of the boog...




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#124192 03/01/04 12:03 AM
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glom onto the shores

Which came first I wonder? "Glom" or "conglomerate".

Oil spills glom onto shores. Oil spillers glom onto shares.

It's easier to punish the shores than the shares ... which probably explains why the spills keep occurring.


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