Dragaera

Glomps? (was: Re: Questions about genealogy & stuff)

David Silberstein davids at kithrup.com
Wed Oct 16 10:50:43 PDT 2002

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Rick Castello wrote:

>Rick Castello said:
>> Rick Castello said:
>>>      Glomps?

[snipped]

>>
>>        Glomp - is a very tight hug given by one person to another.
>>
>>        (http://hannah.firedrop.nu/glomp/)
>
>     or again:
>
>          What does "Glomp" mean?
>
>          When a person [usually a female], latches onto a bishonen
>          or cute guy and refuses to let go. Expresses a crazed form
>          of affection.

Ah.  When I saw the first definition, I thought it was kind of
redundant (why not just *say* "tight hug"?).  But from the above, it
would appear to mean "Attempt by someone to graft themselves to a
target person through sheer force of will".

Definitely crazed affection.  :-)