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  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
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glop n. (informal, AmE)
tarquim

Suppose that two factories—a paper mill and a steel mill—are each dumping 500 tons of glop into a river each year.

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Linda Oxnard added a comment - 15/Jun/09 1:51 PM

I've never heard the Catalan word 'tarquim' or the American word 'glop' before. The dictionary definitions I find are as follows:

glop
a thick wet substance that looks, tastes or feels unpleasant

tarquim
llot que les aigües estancades dipositen al fons, que les riuades deixen sobre els camps que inunden, emprat com a adob en agricultura

The Catalan definition seems to describe a particular kind of muddy sludge which is used by farmers as a fertilizer whereas the English definition seems far more general - i.e. any thick, wet substance. For that reason, I'm not sure this works as an entry.

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Linda Oxnard added a comment - 15/Jun/09 1:51 PM I've never heard the Catalan word 'tarquim' or the American word 'glop' before. The dictionary definitions I find are as follows: glop a thick wet substance that looks, tastes or feels unpleasant tarquim llot que les aigües estancades dipositen al fons, que les riuades deixen sobre els camps que inunden, emprat com a adob en agricultura The Catalan definition seems to describe a particular kind of muddy sludge which is used by farmers as a fertilizer whereas the English definition seems far more general - i.e. any thick, wet substance. For that reason, I'm not sure this works as an entry.

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    Linda Oxnard
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    Jaume Ortolà i Font
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  • Created:
    05/Jun/09 11:08 AM
    Updated:
    15/Jun/09 1:51 PM
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