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glurge

glurge noun: oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones.

Noun

glurge (uncountable)

  1. (slang) oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones.
    • The email was so syrupy and overblown that it read like pure glurge.

Origin of glurge

Imitative of the retching that might be induced by stories of this kind. This term has been used in the journalism and greater writing community for decades.

Words formed from glurge

Words that rhyme with glurge

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Questions about glurge

What does glurge mean?
Glurge means oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones.
What part of speech is glurge?
Glurge is a noun.

Words near glurge in the dictionary

  1. gluophobic
  2. Glup Shitto
  3. Glup Shittos
  4. gluphilic
  5. gluphosinate
  6. glurge
  7. glurgy
  8. Glusac
  9. Glusach
  10. Glusack
  11. Glusburn

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