Grommet
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A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.
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Surfer slang (although also extends to other boardsports, and surf sports) for a young surfer. Can also be used to refer to children in general, although usually they have some association with surfing/etc.
Although usually there is no ill-meaning behind the term, it is often used to poke fun at younger surfers. It can sometimes be used as a derogatory term when younger surfers are annoying, bad or otherwise difficult.
It is frequently abbreviated to [grom]. -
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A young or inexperienced surfer or skateboarder.
A possible etymology for the word may be from the Portuguese term 'grumete', meaning the lowest ranking person on board a naval ship - this word would have been used widely in South Africa in the period when surfing was becoming popular.
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A metal eyelet, such as in a tarp, the thing your shoelaces pass through, etc.
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A surgical device left in the ear to perforate the eardrum and help prevent earaches
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grommet a person who try to use everyone they can for anything they can money drugs alcohol cigarettes anything until you beat them up or drop them on side of the road by qtsmooth James k Malantonio 10-9-1981
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young annoying rubbish skateboarder, rollerblader, surfer, snowboarder, (all snakeboarders) etc etc.
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A small child who remains at a skatepark all day and does not move from a particular radius.
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Slang for Butt Hole. Anus.
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[Something] that [Jontron] doesnt [understand].
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An eyelet placed in a hole in a sheet or panel to protect or insulate a rope or cable passed through it or to prevent the sheet or panel from being torn.
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