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Groom vs Goom - What's the difference?

groom | goom |

As nouns the difference between groom and goom

is that groom is a man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom while goom is a man.

As a verb groom

is to attend to one's appearance and clothing.

groom

English

Etymology 1

1604, short for . Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi and Norwegian gume. Cognate to (human) from Proto-Indo-European via Latin homo. Second element reanalyzed as groom , "attendant."

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
    • Derived terms
    * groomdom * groomhood * groomship * groomzilla * child groom
    Coordinate terms
    * bride * bride-to-be
    Synonyms
    * bridegroom

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) grom, , though uncertain as *gr?an? was used typically of plants; its secondary meaning being "to turn green". Alternate etymology describes Middle English grom, grome'' as an alteration of , etc.), with the Middle Dutch and Old Icelandic cognates following similar variation of their respective forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who cares for horses.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
  • One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
    • the groom''' of the chamber; the '''groom of the stole
    Synonyms
    * ostler

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
  • To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
  • To prepare someone for election or appointment.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=What a waste
    • , date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=12 , magazine= citation , passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.}}
  • To prepare a ski slope for skiers
  • To attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery.
    • Related terms
    * groomed * grooming * bridegroom

    goom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) goom, gome, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * gome, gom

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfv-sense) (now, chiefly, dialectal) A man.
  • *1515 , the Scottish Field:
    • The king was glade of that golde, that the gome brought, And promised him full pertly, his part for to take, [...]
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , date= , year=1860 , month=May , first= , last= , author=various , coauthors= , title=Reviews and Literary Notices , volume=5 , issue=31 , page= , magazine=Atlantic Monthly , publisher=Project Gutenberg , issn= citation , passage=… at it would be quite as inconvenient to explain that the termination _goom _ was a derivation from the Anglo-Saxon _guma_ as that it was a corruption of it; … }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Barry J. Blake , title=All About Language: A Guide , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Oxford University Press , isbn=9780191622830 , page= , passage=Similarly bridegroom'' was originally ''bridegoom'', where ''goom'' meant 'man'.'' … It was changed to ''groom'', though a ''bridegroom does not normally groom the bride. }}
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2011-05-08 , year= , first= , last= , author=Jan Freeman , authorlink= , title=Here comes the goom , site=Boston Globle citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=Groom'' for ''bridegroom'' has been called inelegant, but it’s surely an improvement on ''goom . }}
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) lord; Lord; God.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gome, gome, from (etyl) gaumr, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rfv-sense) Heed; attention; notice; care.

    • Etymology 3

    A dialectal variant of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary'':
    • November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst.
  • * 1833 , Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth , volume 2, page 5:
    • "I'm cutting the goom ," replied the student.
    "You've got the wrong tooth," roared the man.
  • * 1898 , The Outlook , page 69:
    • Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it."
  • * 1907 , William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases :
    • Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.
  • * 1949 , Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic , the journal of the Ticonium Company:
    • "And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom ’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?"
  • * 1973 , Northwest dentistry , volume 52, page 94:
    • Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.
  • (rfv-sense) Blunted teeth on a saw.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1823 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Edward Moor , title=Suffolk Words and Phrases , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=J. Loder for R. Hunter , isbn= , page=522 , passage=The portion so blunted is called the goom'''''. When the teeth are so worn down by use , as to be almost as low as those broken off, the saw requires '''''gooming . }}
  • * 1984 , The Huntington Library quarterly , volume 47, page 144:
    • Goom. In a blacksmith's bill just brought to me is this item. "A saw goom'd—6d." On enquiry he said that "the goom'' had ''riz'', and ta wanted ''goomin ."

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (-)
  • Alcohol methylated spirits.
  • * 1988 , Ruby Langford, ?Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town , page 106:
    • I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom ?'
  • * 1993 , Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic'', in ''The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook (ISBN 0868402370), page 107
    • THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.
    BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.
  • * 2000 , Herb Wharton, Unbranded (ISBN 0702244678)
    • "No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom ."
  • * 2007 , James Maxey, Bitterwood (ISBN 184416487X), page 181:
    • He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom', a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. The ' goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.
  • * 2009 , Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee (ISBN 1416594590), page 200:
    • Zillman: "And he also had some goom , didn't he?"
    Kidner: "Yeah, methylated spirits."

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