rock snot

noun

: didymo
… one of the latest bodies of water to be infected with Didymosphenia geminata, a fast-spreading single-cell algae that is better known to fishermen and biologists around the world as rock snot.Anthony DePalma

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First Known Use

2005, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rock snot was in 2005

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“Rock snot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock%20snot. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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