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gunk

  [guhngk]
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–noun Informal.
any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation: gunk on the oil filter.
Origin:
1932, Americanism; orig. a trademark name for a degreasing solvent
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gunk   (gŭngk)   
n.   Informal
A thick greasy substance.

[After Gunk, a trademark for a degreasing solvent.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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gunk 
1949, "viscous substance," Amer.Eng., apparently from Gunk, trademark for a thick liquid soap patented 1932 by A.F. Curran Co. of Malden, Mass.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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