sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
(noun) any thick, viscous matter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gook (plural gooks)
(slang, vulgar, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese or Korean person.
(US, derogatory) A Vietnamese insurgent in the Vietnam War, particularly a member of the Viet Cong.
(dated) A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime.
(Rhodesia, derogatory) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
• In the US, gook refers especially to a Vietnamese person in the context of the Vietnam War, and particularly to the Viet Cong. It is generally considered to be highly offensive, on par with nigger.
gook (plural gooks)
(informal) Grime or mud.
Source: Wiktionary
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
