24 March 2018

goma

noun

– Crude opium (1960s+ Narcotics), ‘they were smoking goma’.

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.

Examples from the Web for goma

Historical Examples

Soon after Holy Week, I was hurriedly implored one morning to go and see an old man who was suffering from “goma.”
A Glimpse at Guatemala
Anne Cary Maudslay

Today’s quote

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

– Mahatma Gandhi

On this day

24 March 1958 – Elvis Presley is conscripted into the U.S. Army as a Private. He was discharged on 2 March 1960 with the rank of Sergeant.

24 March 1989 – the oil-tanker, Exxon Valdez, is seriously damaged after running aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Over 11 million gallons of crude oil was released, resulting in a five mile oil slick, which caused severe environmental damage, including the deaths of 250,000 birds, 3,000 sea otters, 300 seals, 22 killer whales and an untold number of fish.

24 March 1973 – Pink Floyd release their iconic ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ album, which is the 6th best-selling album of all time with over 40 million sales worldwide.