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goo

[goo] / gu /
NOUN
sticky substance
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Where we might see unwelcome green goo, the Reavies of the world see “really interesting organisms” that are omnipresent, important, and full of information.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

When the ROV returns, there is an excited dash for the samples including seawater, sediment and a forearm-length sea lily coated with dripping orange goo.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

But it’s taken years to study him and clean off his sticky goo, a naturally occurring asphalt mixture of sand, gravel, clay and crude oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Trefry likened this awkward time of life to the stage in a butterfly’s development when a caterpillar disappears inside a chrysalis and dissolves into goo before reforming into something entirely new.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025

He was mesmerized by what the man did next, which was to apply the colored goo onto the flat surface of the canvas.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el


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