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noun 
  1. in the lumber industry, an excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts
  2. a clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
    Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative .
    A step forward for the minimum wage increase this afternoon, as the Senate cleared the of the Republican filibuster. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/30/13150/5672
Etymology: From log + jam.

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