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I stepped in some goop.
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No direct consumption of fossil fuels, no leaking various engine goop into the water below.
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WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
Viral slugging is another option, but wiping goop off my silk pillowcases isn’t a super pleasant experience.
—ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
Together, goop and Lacoste explored the heritage styles from the French brand and revisited its archives to find references in detail and form.
—Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 Feb. 2023
This keeps those vegetables from disintegrating into slimy goop.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 26 Aug. 2020
And some worms had become nothing more than hollow tubes filled with the slimy goop that chemical fingerprinting methods would later show had contained BP oil.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2011
The traditional process would be this: Printers build objects from the bottom up by applying layer after layer of plastic goop from dispenser that shuttles back and forth along a horizontal plane.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2015
Since 2019, their celebration of this immersive goop has become a serious business venture for the longtime friends, who charge up to $48 per person to get access to the thousands of gallons of slime inside their Sloomoo Institutes.
—Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Kids ages 8 and up can use this kit to make slime and goop, make a volcano erupt and chisel for gemstones.
—Halla Mannering, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
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WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
Viral slugging is another option, but wiping goop off my silk pillowcases isn’t a super pleasant experience.
—ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
Together, goop and Lacoste explored the heritage styles from the French brand and revisited its archives to find references in detail and form.
—Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 Feb. 2023
This keeps those vegetables from disintegrating into slimy goop.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 26 Aug. 2020
And some worms had become nothing more than hollow tubes filled with the slimy goop that chemical fingerprinting methods would later show had contained BP oil.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2011
The traditional process would be this: Printers build objects from the bottom up by applying layer after layer of plastic goop from dispenser that shuttles back and forth along a horizontal plane.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2015
Since 2019, their celebration of this immersive goop has become a serious business venture for the longtime friends, who charge up to $48 per person to get access to the thousands of gallons of slime inside their Sloomoo Institutes.
—Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Kids ages 8 and up can use this kit to make slime and goop, make a volcano erupt and chisel for gemstones.
—Halla Mannering, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
probably alteration of goo
First Known Use
circa 1918, in the meaning defined above
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“Goop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goop. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.
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