glark
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Slight variation of glork in the constructed sentence "This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context", by David Moser
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Verb[edit]
glark (third-person singular simple present glarks, present participle glarking, simple past and past participle glarked)
- (slang, transitive) To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.
See also[edit]
- glark in the Jargon File
References[edit]
- Douglas Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas", Scientific American, January 1981