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stickum

American  
[stik-uhm] / ˈstɪk əm /

noun

Informal.
  1. any adhesive substance.


Etymology

Origin of stickum

1905–10; stick 2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em )

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Goodell strayed far from common sense and from any previous penalty for ball tampering, such as receivers using stickum.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2016

On Friday, Rice started taking heat for admitting last month that he used stickum on his gloves during his playing career.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2015

Rice's post raises the question as to whether the use of stickum was rampant among receivers in the NFL during the 1980s and 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2015

Players in the NFL are no longer allowed to use stickum.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2011

“We put stickum paper over cracks in the cave, to catch crawling bugs,” Johnson said to me.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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