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- verb Present participle of
glom .
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Examples
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I know the idea of glomming onto the Web 2.0 bandwagon rubs some people the wrong way, but we need a "big tent" term to describe stuff that is so important, and the truth is the word
CenterNetworks 2008
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I know the idea of glomming onto the Web 2.0 bandwagon rubs some people the wrong way, but we need a "big tent" term to describe stuff that is so important, and the truth is the word
CenterNetworks 2008
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You're kind of glomming a couple things on there that I'm not sure work.
Obama's Press Avail on Trinity United - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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And you remember when conservatives thought stopping people from "glomming" off government programs was a good thing.
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Caltech students said they are not expecting a revolution in social life or an end to the much-discussed practice of "glomming," in which a posse of young men annoyingly seek the attention of one woman.
Archive 2007-08-01 Peggy 2007
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Caltech students said they are not expecting a revolution in social life or an end to the much-discussed practice of "glomming," in which a posse of young men annoyingly seek the attention of one woman.
Women in Science News Roundup: North America Edition Peggy 2007
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And everybody kind of glomming on and trying to make Superman their own?
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Many borax cross-links occur, thus "glomming" together many polymer molecules to form a pliable putty material.
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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The Accusation: Like all celeb bloggers, engages in the "You-Suck Principle," glomming "onto celebrities in an attitude of adoration and loathing; first adoration, then loathing."
Latest Articles 2009
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That's very true in that, despite things kind of "glomming", finally, the App Store is still in the growing stages.
nrvg35 commented on the word glomming
Having glommed onto useless slang for many years such as this word, I'm surprised that the referenced dictionaries have no definitions for "glom." Princeton shows one:
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=glom
November 23, 2009