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 | A.Word.A.Day--gunkPronunciation: WAV or RealAudiogunk (gungk) noun Any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation. [Originally a trademark name for a degreasing solvent.] "`I carry a bottle wherever I go,' the 25-year-old said Tuesday while on the job at Gold's Gym in Westport. `It's so portable, and you never know what gunk is in those water pipes.'" David Klepper, Dental group says bottled water can lack fluoride, Kansas City Star, Jun 21, 2000. This week's theme: brand names that have entered the dictionary. 
 X-BonusOne machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. -Elbert Hubbard, author, editor, printer (1856-1915) 
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