Comments on: Glom http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/glom/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wine Additives: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly | Wine Folly http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/glom/comment-page-1/#comment-45584 Wine Additives: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly | Wine Folly Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:52:16 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2470#comment-45584 [...] last longer when they are stable. Many of these aren’t really additives at all, instead they glom (with molecular attraction) onto unwanted particles and are removed from the finished wine. [...] [...] last longer when they are stable. Many of these aren’t really additives at all, instead they glom (with molecular attraction) onto unwanted particles and are removed from the finished wine. [...]

]]> By: BILL HACKETT http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/glom/comment-page-1/#comment-4844 BILL HACKETT Fri, 21 May 2010 01:41:42 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2470#comment-4844 I GREW UP IN THE LATE FORTIES AND FIFTIES IN AN IRISH-AMERICAN FAMILY, LET ME TELL YOU THERE WAS LOT OF "GLOMMING" GOING ON AT OUR NINE PERSON DINNER TABLE. I GREW UP IN THE LATE FORTIES AND FIFTIES IN AN IRISH-AMERICAN FAMILY, LET ME TELL YOU THERE WAS LOT OF “GLOMMING” GOING ON AT OUR NINE PERSON DINNER TABLE.

]]> By: Vicky Ayers http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/glom/comment-page-1/#comment-4218 Vicky Ayers Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:36:25 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2470#comment-4218 Of course, there is "Flintheart Glomgold" the arch-rival of Donald Duck's rich uncle, Scrooge McDuck. Never underestimate the educational power of comic books. Of course, there is “Flintheart Glomgold” the arch-rival of Donald Duck’s rich uncle, Scrooge McDuck. Never underestimate the educational power of comic books.

]]> By: Dan Schwartz http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/glom/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 Dan Schwartz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:12:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2470#comment-4097 I'm not too surprised that the original questioner never encountered the word "glom", as it seems to be used only in limited circumstances. I first heard the word when I worked for a time as a livery cab driver. To "glom" a trip had the very specific meaning of picking up a customer for a short trip and getting paid for it without reporting the trip to the dispatcher, thereby keeping the full fare, rather than just the percentage that you normally got. It was years before I heard the word in any context other than that, and I often wondered where it came from. I’m not too surprised that the original questioner never encountered the word “glom”, as it seems to be used only in limited circumstances. I first heard the word when I worked for a time as a livery cab driver. To “glom” a trip had the very specific meaning of picking up a customer for a short trip and getting paid for it without reporting the trip to the dispatcher, thereby keeping the full fare, rather than just the percentage that you normally got. It was years before I heard the word in any context other than that, and I often wondered where it came from.

]]> By: Frank Townend http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/glom/comment-page-1/#comment-2673 Frank Townend Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:58:31 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2470#comment-2673 "It never rains, it pours" Having learned the new word "glom" and having been invited to visit your wife's "How Come" Web site, I saw she used the word "glom" twice. Once in the article "Why is soap so slippery?" and again in the article "What is the hot chocolate effect?" Small world isn't it? “It never rains, it pours”

Having learned the new word “glom” and having been invited to visit your wife’s “How Come” Web site, I saw she used the word “glom” twice. Once in the article “Why is soap so slippery?” and again in the article “What is the hot chocolate effect?”

Small world isn’t it?

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