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    [Verb]  | "fo*ment" | \ ˈfō-ˌment \


    1: to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite


    Origin: circa 1613 ;

     Middle English, to apply a warm substance to, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum compress, from fovēre to heat, soothe; akin to Lithuanian degti to burn, Sanskrit dahati it burns;

    [Verb]  | "foment" 


    1: to bring (something volatile or intense) into being;


      * e.g., " ... John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation "



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     [ "foment" ]

    1: To promote the growth of; incite or provoke.

      * e.g.,  ... He was also arrested because he fomented the fight. 

     [ "Foment" ]

    1: The moment of realization that you have FOMO

      * e.g.,  ... Becky: "You should have seen Craig do his kegstand on Friday night!" Amanda: "OMG! I'm having such a foment right now!" 

     [ "Foment" ]

    1: A foment has several meanings:

      * e.g.,  ... “Wow, you’re right, we did meet that time we were blacked out at the bar. What a foment that was.” 


     [ "Foment" ]

    2:  FOMO of a moment that happened without you


     [ "Foment" ]

    3:  A future moment A fake moment A forgotten moment that you tap into only while drunk

     [ "fomenting" ]

    1: One has been fomenting when one hasn't had a blowjob from another man in a long time because one has been busy with other things.

      * e.g.,  ... Colin's roommate had been fomenting for too long and Jesus ties him up to the bed and gives him a blowjob. Colin calls for Banquo and he is embarassed that he had fomented for so long. 

     [ "fomented beverage" ]

    1: An alcoholic drink that is used to "soothe the soul" of the person imbibing it.

      * e.g.,  ... Drinking beer isn't really the best way to calm down and forget your troubles; neither is literally using it as a "fomented beverage" --- i.e., pouring it all over yourself in an attempt to "douse the burning". All you end up doing is wasting a costly comestible and covering yourself in disgusting sticky odiferous foam that stains your clothes and body. 

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