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om nom nom en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, attested in 2004, variant of num-num. Originally from the sound Cookie Monster on Sesame Street makes when he eats (from late 1960s and early 1970s), though this was canonically “un num num num num”, with a ‘u’. Popularized since 2007 in Internet use, particularly in meme-based images, especially lolcats and other image macros. See nom for details.

Meanings

1. (childish, slang) The sound made while relishing food.

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Synonyms

yum

Translations (20)

ca nyam (sound made while relishing food) · id nyam (sound made while relishing food) · es ñam ñam ñam (sound made while relishing food) · de njam, njam, njam (sound made while relishing food) · it gnam gnam (sound made while relishing food) · fi nam-nam (sound made while relishing food) · sv mums (sound made while relishing food) · pl om (sound made while relishing food) · da nammenam (sound made while relishing food) · cmn 昂姆昂姆 (sound made while relishing food) · ru ням-ня́м (sound made while relishing food) · vi măm (sound made while relishing food) · sv nam nam (sound made while relishing food) · pt nham nham (sound made while relishing food) · vi nhồm nhoàm (sound made while relishing food) · hu nyam-nyam (sound made while relishing food) · cmn 啊嗚啊嗚 /啊呜啊呜 (sound made while relishing food) · ru ням (sound made while relishing food) · fr miam miam miam (sound made while relishing food) · ca nyam nyam (sound made while relishing food)

om nom nom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, attested in 2004, variant of num-num. Originally from the sound Cookie Monster on Sesame Street makes when he eats (from late 1960s and early 1970s), though this was canonically “un num num num num”, with a ‘u’. Popularized since 2007 in Internet use, particularly in meme-based images, especially lolcats and other image macros. See nom for details.

Meanings

1. (Internet, countable, plural-normally, uncountable) Tasty food.
   • Activities include: / Music and Dancing / Speeches / An attempt to bring Tory and WBM to the East Coast / Balloons / Om nom noms / […] 05/04/2008, SenatorXenu, “Anonymous to hold rally in US Capitol July 19th 2008.”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet):
   • > "Guys, I want you to go out there tonight and not give the slightest > thought about defense. None. I want you to see if you can score six > goals, no matter how many the other guys get. You do that, and we all > have dinners at Minneapolis' best steak house on me." […] I like it. Motivate with some OM NOM NOM 2009 March 9, Mr. T, “Re: Giving line-juggling another shot”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.sj-sharks (Usenet):
   • 2012, Ava Anastasia, "There's nothing wrong with some OM NOM NOM", Scope (Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia), Issue 14, Week 7, Semester 121, page 11 (used in title only)

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