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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: agglomerating Jackie #204710 02/17/2012 1:15 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=glom&searchmode=none glom 1907, glahm "grab, snatch, steal," Amer.Eng. underworld slang, from Scot. glaum (1715), apparently from Gael. glam "to handle awkwardly, grab voraciously, devour." Sense of "look at, watch" (1945) apparently is derived from the same source. Related: Glommed; glomming. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted agglomerating Jackie 02/16/2012 6:48 PM Re: agglomerating LukeJavan8 02/16/2012 6:53 PM Re: agglomerating HalAl 02/17/2012 1:12 AM Re: agglomerating Jackie 02/17/2012 1:12 AM Re: agglomerating LukeJavan8 02/17/2012 1:15 AM Re: agglomerating Faldage 02/17/2012 12:18 PM Re: agglomerating zmjezhd 02/17/2012 1:33 PM Re: agglomerating Rhubarb Commando 02/17/2012 1:48 PM Re: just between you & I [sic] zmjezhd 02/17/2012 2:04 PM Re: just between you & I [sic] Faldage 02/17/2012 11:27 PM Re: just between you & I [sic] zmjezhd 02/18/2012 1:49 AM Re: just between you & I [sic] Faldage 02/18/2012 12:25 PM Re: just between you & I [sic] Faldage 02/18/2012 3:58 PM Re: just between you & I [sic] zmjezhd 02/18/2012 4:46 PM Re: agglomerating Jackie 02/17/2012 2:14 AM Re: just between you & I [sic] Jackie 02/18/2012 4:00 AM Re: just between you & I [sic] BranShea 02/18/2012 3:26 PM Re: just between you & I [sic] Jackie 02/19/2012 1:35 AM Re: just between you & I [sic] Rhubarb Commando 02/19/2012 11:39 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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