a pile of something considered mildly gross and/or slimy: dirt, earwax, saliva, worms, snails, slugs, moldy bread, seemingly undeserved love and/or affection, innards; things of that nature.
Noun. Used for dirty, slimy, nasty things. Much like schmutz, it is meant to be a descriptor for something gross on something else that is normally not gross.