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narm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɑː(ɹ)m/
  • närm

Etymology

Coined by TV Tropes in 2007, referring to a scene in Six Feet Under's final season where main protagonist Nate Fisher complains about his arm being numb while suffering a brain embolism and repeats the words "numb arm", quickly slurring them into the single syllable "narm".

Meanings

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable) A scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny.

Forms

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narms Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: Six Feet Under