English Explanatory Dictionary

Glomar response

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A response by a US government agency (etc) that it can "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of (secret) information which has been asked for.

Word forms

Glomar response Glomar responses

Etymology

So named because it was used in response to a request for records about the Glomar Explorer submarine-retrieval ship.

Related words

Glomar denial Glomarization
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