stick·um

[stik-uhm]
noun Informal.
any adhesive substance.

Origin:
1905–10; stick2 + -um (spelling variant of 'em)

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Word Origin & History

stickum
"glue, paste," 1909, from stick (v.).
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Stickum is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Slang Dictionary

stickum definition

[ˈstɪkəm]
  1. n.
    glue. : Put some stickum on this paper and paste it up where it can be seen.
  2. n.
    any thick and sticky substance, especially hair dressing. (See also slickum.) : He uses too much stickum on his hair.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Remove leaves and debris from stickum as moths could be beneath these objects.
There was a stickum on it, and you could stick it around your posterior.
Unfortunately the sticky, stickum stuff has kind of done a job on the newspapers through the years.
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