The act of two whaling ships meeting socially at sea to exchange news, supplies, or greetings, or engaging in friendly social interaction.
From gam, a whaling term of uncertain origin (possibly from Dutch or relating to 'game' and social interaction), with the present participle suffix -ing.
Gamming was the original social media—whalers at sea would pause their dangerous work to 'gam' with passing ships, creating a gossip network that spread information across the world's oceans.
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