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glop  (glp)
n. Slang
1. A soft soggy mixture, as of food: cafeterias serving nondescript glop.
2. Something, such as a piece of writing, that is judged to be worthless.

[Imitative of the sound of mushy food being dished out.]

glop v.
gloppy adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.glop - any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant
matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
2.glopglop - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
sentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form


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Her birds' nests, for example, reveal a subtle material wit, some matching glittery Christmas greenery with overzealous glops of flocking straight out of Fautrier.
In the article, however, "the frozen gesture" refers most directly to the formal properties of Benglis's post-Minimal sculpture, to the polyurethane foam pieces that congealed into layered glops on the floor or were suspended, like Adhesive Products, from the wall; to the metallized knots bathed in hot glue, glitter, paint, and foil; and to the pigmented latex pour pieces that hardened into groovy carpets of Day-Glo plastic.
Owens festoons her works with remarkable ornamentation: glops of white on a powder blue field are fussed over with a fingernail-painting party of itty-bitty dips and dabs.
 
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