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English word origin

Etymology of nom

Short form of various words.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Clipping of nomination. · Clipping of nominator. · Clipping of nominee.

verb

Clipping of nominate.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Short form of various words.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To eat with noisy enjoyment.

intj

Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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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