Definitions
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- noun See
goom .
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- noun Ireland A silly
foolish person - noun Appalachian variant of
gum :gunk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When dat ol 'Massa sol' me to Massa Mon'gom'ry's father, he didn 'say nothin' 'bout man age den.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Then, GW Bush (AKA Chuck) said, "Damn the National Guard, Mon'gom'ry or Bust"!
moving to la chapala 2003
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Nuss to Massa Mon'gom'ry's chillun, like Ah was to hisself when he little. "
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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Some of ther really cute stuff is gom enow because they dont have roon in the store
Twilight Lexicon » More Places to Spend Your Twilight Dollars 2009
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La sala Emili Vives del Consell Comarcal del Montsià estava plena de gom a gom, disposada a escoltar el que fou una sessió magistral sobre el nou món social i participatiu a internet, centrat en la política però extrapolable a tots els camps vitals de tots nosaltres.
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The Tibetan word for meditation is gom, which can also be translated as "becoming familiar."
Lodro Rinzler: The Buddhist Gentleman: How to Buy Nice Clothes 2010
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The Tibetan word for meditation is gom, which can also be translated as "becoming familiar."
Lodro Rinzler: The Buddhist Gentleman: How to Buy Nice Clothes 2010
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The Sanskrit term connotes the idea of cultivation, such as cultivating a particular habit or a way of being, while the Tibetan term gom has the connotation of cultivating familiarity.
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The Sanskrit term connotes the idea of cultivation, such as cultivating a particular habit or a way of being, while the Tibetan term gom has the connotation of cultivating familiarity.
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For example, in its traditional context, the term for meditation is bhavana (in Sanskrit) or gom (in Tibetan).
bilby commented on the word gom
"'He'll settle down,' said Nancy, blithely unconscious of the volcano of emotion under her feet. 'A poor gom like that, brought up in the wilds, what more could you expect?'"
- Frank O'Connor, 'The Cheapjack'.
September 6, 2008
sionnach commented on the word gom
Gladstone's nickname was "Grand Old Man", or GOM. Disraeli's comment was that GOM actually stood for "God's Only Mistake".
March 16, 2009