Gollum
Gollum is a fictional character from J.R.R.
Tolkien's novels, a wretched creature corrupted by long possession of a magic ring.
The name has become shorthand for someone obsessive, hunched, or pathetically fixated on a single object or goal: He's gone full Gollum over that promotion.
The character's split personality also colors the usage—someone arguing with themselves or showing dramatic mood shifts might be called Gollum.
- hobbitSmall, hole-dwelling humanoid
- Middle-earthFantasy world with hobbits
- guideLeader or instruction book
- betrayerOne who breaks allegiance
Tolkien · The Hobbit · The Two Towers · Mount Doom · Bilbo · Frodo · fish-eater · strangler
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
- One RingArtifact binding all others
- my preciousPossessive endearment for treasured object
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- cravingPowerful urge to have
possessiveness · addiction · covetousness · longing · compulsion · desire · jealousy · monomania
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
us · tricksy · hobbitses · thieves · sneaky · wheedling · muttering · gurgling
- alter-egoAlternate version of oneself
- Jekyll-and-HydeAlternating between opposite personas
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- conscienceInternal moral sense
corruption · innocence · arguing · schism · torn · wavering · loyalty · treachery
Sméagol
- hobbitSmall, hole-dwelling humanoid
- Middle-earthFantasy world with hobbits
- guideLeader or instruction book
Tolkien · betrayer · The Hobbit · The Two Towers · Mount Doom · Bilbo · Frodo · fish-eater · strangler · wretched
precious
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
- One RingArtifact binding all others
- my preciousPossessive endearment for treasured object
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
craving · possessiveness · addiction · covetousness · longing · compulsion · desire · jealousy · monomania · clutching
precious
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
we · us · tricksy · hobbitses · thieves · sneaky · wheedling · muttering · gurgling · singsong
Sméagol
- alter-egoAlternate version of oneself
- Jekyll-and-HydeAlternating between opposite personas
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
conscience · corruption · innocence · arguing · schism · torn · wavering · loyalty · treachery · pity
Bilbo
Slim dueling sword
time · wind · sun · guessing · wager · contest · cleverness · trickery · stakes · escape
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
slimy · clammy · barefoot · loincloth · skeletal · gaunt · gangly · hairless · withered · crawling
- Lord of the RingsFrodo, Sam, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli
- Middle-earthFrodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, Bilbo, Mordor
- Tolkien CharactersFrodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli
- Hobbit charactersBilbo, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thorin, Smaug
- Tolkien VillainsSauron, Morgoth, Saruman, Nazgul, Balrog
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn