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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"
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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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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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I pronounced this as 'boo'-'ger' read this as "one who boogs". So, 'booged' must be the end at which the means "gloming" arrived?!?!
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I believe that you have achieved the glomization of the boog...
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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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