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Cesspool Slime?
Askadodilges (hides His Foot) Started conversation Apr 2, 2020
"slumgullion" is believed to be derived from "slum," an old word for "slime," and "gullion," an English dialectical term for "mud" or "cesspool."
Other senses in dictionaries include fish offal or the waste from processing whale carcasses (in Moby-Dick, which was published in 1851, Herman Melville called it “slobgollion”). We now know the word is a good deal older than the Mark Twain book
Cesspool Slime?
Askadodilges (hides His Foot) Posted Apr 2, 2020
My bad...I think I was not supposed to comment on this until it was approved for the edited guide...still relearning... good article...
Cesspool Slime?
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 2, 2020
Thanks for the comments! I think I can get the Melville thing in as a footnote!
Just click on 'Peer Review' on the side. That's where the comment thread is. That way, everyone can read it in Peer Review.
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