Glurgy is a catch-all term used to describe inspirational tales that offer uplifting and timeless truths, but are often too hard to swallow due to various reasons such as unfortunate implications or the medium being a poor fit for the message.0 The term was initially coined by a reader of Snopes and derives from the sound of someone throwing up. The definition of glurgy is "of the nature of glurge; sickeningly sweet."
American Thinker: worth the read if only for the vocabulary lessons!
Learned a new word…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recrudescence
“… it most often describes the return of an undesirable condition, such as a war or a plague, or the return of an undesirable idea. …”
(Well-chosen word or, as they say, “Bingo!”)
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Glurgy is a catch-all term used to describe inspirational tales that offer uplifting and timeless truths, but are often too hard to swallow due to various reasons such as unfortunate implications or the medium being a poor fit for the message.0 The term was initially coined by a reader of Snopes and derives from the sound of someone throwing up. The definition of glurgy is "of the nature of glurge; sickeningly sweet."
American Thinker: worth the read if only for the vocabulary lessons!