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Nom
Definitions
- 1 Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. colloquial
"[to a baby] You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom."
- 1 Initialism of National Organization for Marriage. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"National Organization for Marriage The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was formed in 2007 with the intention of organizing and focusing the opposition to same-sex marriage in a single national voice."
- 1 Clipping of nomination. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"I have already submitted a revised (in terms of format) nomination. […] In the future I will try to better organize my information (one message per nom, snip out excess spam if I post, etc.)."
- 2 Clipping of nominator. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 3 Clipping of nominee. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 1 Clipping of nominate. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, transitive
"I have a little request to make. When you kids nom, do you think you could make clear who it is you're nomming -- and maybe even include the article headers for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?"
- 2 To eat with noisy enjoyment. colloquial
Etymology
Short form of various words.
Short form of various words.
Onomatopoeic, variant of num, num-num. Attested 2004 as om nom, om nom nom, popularized from 2007 in internet use, second place in the American Dialect Society’s "Word of the Year" 2010. From the catchphrase of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street, as at the end of “C Is For Cookie” (1971), made when devouring cookies. However, as late as 2009, this was canonically written with a ‘u’, as in S is for School! (2006), as “num num”, or in the press kit for the 40th season (2009), as “un num num num num”; by 2013 this was changed to the now-popular nom.
Onomatopoeic, variant of num, num-num. Attested 2004 as om nom, om nom nom, popularized from 2007 in internet use, second place in the American Dialect Society’s "Word of the Year" 2010. From the catchphrase of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street, as at the end of “C Is For Cookie” (1971), made when devouring cookies. However, as late as 2009, this was canonically written with a ‘u’, as in S is for School! (2006), as “num num”, or in the press kit for the 40th season (2009), as “un num num num num”; by 2013 this was changed to the now-popular nom.
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