Goo vs Gom - What's the difference?
goo | gom |
(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid.
Excessive, showy sentimentality
To apply goo to something.
(Ireland) A foolish person.
* 1926 , , (The Plough and the Stars) , Act II, 173:
* 2007 , John Maher, The Luck Penny , page 145:
* 2013 , Outrageous Pride (ISBN 1626229058)
* 2014 , Martha Long, Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy (ISBN 160980502X):
(Appalachian)
* 1911 , Why moles have hands'', in ''The Wit and Humor of America , edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:
God!
* 1804 , an entry in the Theatrical Journal'' of ''The European Magazine: And London Review , volume 45, page 373:
* 1829 , The Humours of Vauxhall'', in ''The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth , volume 2, page 164:
* 1861 , The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer , volumes 9-10, page 36:
* 1908 , Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools , page 224:
As nouns the difference between goo and gom
is that goo is any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid while gom is a foolish person.As a verb goo
is to apply goo to something.As an interjection gom is
god.goo
English
Etymology 1
American English, known since 1903, probably from (1787), possibly an alteration of glue.Noun
(-)- ''I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes.
- ''When dad couldn't stand the goo anymore, he stopped Tommy's tearful goodbye from the Swedish au-pair Matts, firmly smacking the boys' pants and grumbling "Now stop the goo or I'll give each of you a reason to cry!"
Derived terms
* from goo to you by way of the zoo * gooey * gooeynessSynonyms
* gloop * glop * gook * goop * gunge * gunk * gum * muck * ooze * paste * slop * sludgeVerb
(en verb)- ''They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
Etymology 2
(onomatopoeia)See also
* gaga, ga-ga * goo-gooReferences
* * ----gom
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* gawmNoun
(en noun)- Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom .
- And that's the why I made up my mind to go out to Willie Hill's. To stand my ground in front of that little minx. Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.
- He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed
- "Yeah! She's a right gom ! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"
Etymology 2
Variant of (m).Noun
(en noun)- ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.
Etymology 3
Minced oath.Interjection
(en interjection)- There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom ! I respect him as much as myself,
- O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom ! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!
- "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom , sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."
- Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom , no. It wasn't hereabouts."