gom

noun

1. (Ireland)A foolish person.

   ““ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ””

   “Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.”

   “And that's the why I made up my mind to go out to Willie Hill's. To stand my ground in front of that little minx. Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.”

   “He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]”

   “"Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"”

2. (Appalachia, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of gum.

   “ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.”

intj

1. (euphemistic, obsolete)God!

   “There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,”

   “O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!”

   “"l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."”

   “Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."”