vocabulary police 2

i was on to something when inoted that the Times columnists are sharing fancy words. it's happened again with the same two columnists:

Perhaps we wanted to glom onto an earlier America's noble mission because we, unlike "the greatest generation," had none of our own. (Frank Rich, 25-May-08)

You know, Barack, the more I'm seein' what you've got in mind for me, the more I'm worryin' that Hillary's just not cut out for this job. You don't want her glomming on to everythin'. (Maureen Dowd, 28-May-08)