Gherm

==A Germy Introduction==
Gherm is an intentional misspelling of "germ" and originated on the Empire of Croissant on January 30, 2020 when a user known as Crystal proposed, "Hear me out on this -- pronouncing germ with a hard G." Other users were shaken by the suggestion, claiming it was "too cursed," but "germ with a hard G" was quickly accepted into the Empire's vocabulary list.
Gherm got its spelling from another user named Wheeze; they saw a need to differentiate between germ and germ with a hard G, so they suggested the spelling "gherm." The spelling was adopted almost instantly, and so gherm was born.
Gherm is often represented by the microbe emoji, but Empire users created a custom emoji for it as well. Both are pictured below.
==Appearances==
Gherm appears occasionally in the Empire, but it fell out of use over time. It was mostly used as a random reaction on messages to show approval, but it has been abandoned in favor of other custom emojis.
Gherm's biggest and most famous appearance was when a user named Key asked for Question of the Day, "Fire, earth, air, or water?"
"It's hard to cook with the other three, so I’d say fire if I need a  s n a c c," Wheeze replied. "Water if I’m  t h i r s t. Earth if I’m hungry for a rocc. And hmm...we need air to breathe."
They quickly added, "...Wait, did you mean something else?"
"Did someone say snacc?" Key said, intrigued by the mention of sustenance, as any Empire user would be.
"Snacc," Wheeze said. "Yes."
With snaccs (which is a misspelling of snack) mentioned, the other users involved in the conversation agreed that fire was best. Then someone said that water was just as important, and Key said:
"NO! WHO CONTAMINATED THE WATER?"
To this Wheeze replied, "Gherm."
Key screamed.
Wheeze inquired, "Do you FEAR the gherm?" and Key responded with soap to cleanse the gherm away.
The conversation went on for a while until a user known as Screecht said that "fire burns the gherm."
Key responded, "Gherms form a circle and chant around the fire: hoogly googly shroogly ooo, we shall contaminate the fire too."
Wheeze saw the opportunity and took it. They drew this:
==Trivia==
*Gherm led to the creation of "Hoogly googly shroogly ooo," a nonsensical chant used among the Empire users to summon various things.
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