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[[File:kyou kotomi glomp1 6572.jpg|link=Clannad (visual novel)|frame|Kyou wants to be friends.]]
{{quote|''"It's a complex maneuver. Don't ask me to demonstrate it."''
|'''Tedd''' on "[http://www.egscomics.com/?date{{=}}2005-01-28 Tackle Cuddle]", ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''}}
While aggressive hugs are nothing new (in [[Real Life]] or in media) the use of the term "Glomp" to describe them appears to have stemmed from its use as a sound effect in early manga translations by [[Viz Media]]. (One folk etymology asserts that it stands for ''"Grab, Latch On, Maintain Pressure"'' but that is a backronym applied to the word after it became popular.) The word itself appears to be a mutation of the established English word "glom" which means "to grab; to latch on" (as found in the words "agglomeration" and "conglomerate") with a final "p" sound added to give it more of a sense of definite action. Can function as an onomatopoeia.
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