glurge

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of glurge

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang, uncountable)oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones.
    “The email was so syrupy and overblown that it read like pure glurge.”

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Etymology

Imitative of the retching that might be induced by stories of this kind. This term has been used in the journalism and greater writing community for decades.

Anagrams of glurge

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