Goom (noun) (Aus/En)
goom
(especially in Aboriginal English) methylated spirits or other cheap alcoholic liquor.
1960s perhaps from Gabi-gabi and other Aboriginal languages gung ‘water, alcohol’.
Example sentences
“There was nothing wrong with him that a spell off the goom wouldn’t fix.”
Ajvar (ајвар) (Macedonian) (noun) ay-vahr A traditional roasted red pepper spread From the Turkish word havyar, meaning "caviar" (more…)
