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Complete Definition of "glark"

English

Etymology
slight variation of glork in the constructed sentence "This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context", by David Moser

Verb
en-verb

  1. slang To guess the meaning of an unfamiliar word based on hearing its use in context.

See also
glark in the w:Jargon File|Jargon File

References
Douglas Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas", Scientific American, January 1981

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