glue

"The spermine is like cheese that connects the long, thin noodles without gluing them together, making them easier to digest."

When I was a kid, my parents were terrified that I was glued to the TV and said, “What are you going to do in life, get a job watching television?”

Except that there deliberately aren’t any matching pieces, and then your brain will have to find a different way to assemble them, using nothing but glue and string.

Aggrievement and isolation, perversely enough, became the glue that holds the community together.

"It's like quick set fault glue," Thomas said.