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solid glue's chillest form, smearing commitment like deodorant for paper.
means A solid stick of adhesive in a twist-up tube, applied by rubbing it across paper to bond surfaces with minimal mess.
from A plain compound of "glue" and "stick." "Glue" descends from Late Latin "glus/glutis," sticky matter, a cousin of "gluten" (the sticky stuff in wheat). "Stick" is old Germanic, from a root meaning to pierce or thrust, which also gave us the verb to stick. The product itself is a 20th-century invention — the twist-up adhesive tube is widely credited to a German company in the late 1960s, said to be inspired by the form of a lipstick — so the name literally describes glue shaped like a stick.
- origin
- Henkel invented it in 1969, inspired by lipstick tubes
- ingredient
- many contain harmless soap-related stearate salts
- color trick
- some go on purple, then dry clear
- eat warning
- non-toxic, but absolutely not a snack
uhu gluestick — german brand founded in 1905, the original modern gluestick formula
pritt stick — british brand launched in 1969, became the best-selling gluestick globally