Pronounced (phonetically): ɡəlzzəm
synonyms: Choke, gag, cough, "went down the wrong pipe".
"Quick, someone help Tom, hes gulzzuming! I think it was from the soda."
2. To fill or obstruct.
"The paste was gulzzumed between the two cracks of the wall"
3. To be engulfed in an emotion or overwhelmed in a negative way.
"I just gulzzumed reading that rejection e-mail."
Originally, gulzzum meant just to choke in general, but since the "gul" sounds like gulp, it was changed to only refer to liquids. There is no other word in the English Dictionary that is specific enough to imply what the person is choking on. This is especially important if someone needs specific help medically. Lifeguards especially and anyone in the medical field can use this word because the procedures to clear the airway would in turn, change. Deriving from the Old English form, gulz (ɡəlz) meaning "to swallow" in turn changed into "to choke/get stuck" after the Middle Ages, more specifically during the Renaissance.
