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nom

nom

4 9.9
Playful slang for food, used online and in speech
  • noun
  • /nɑm/
  • Slang
: comida
  • NOM NOM NOM.

Examples

  • That nom nom though.

  • Nom, nom...

  • Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom.

  • Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom.

  • Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.

  • Good luck and Yum Yum nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.

  • And this guy tries a sandwich and he's like, man, this sandwich is nom, right?

  • Monster is nom nom!

  • OM NOM NOM indeed!

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  • I can't wait to eat dinner; it looks so delicious, nom!

Synonyms

eats
vsnom
  • Informal
14 7.9

Food or a meal, often mentioned in informal speech

is playfully slangy and often used online to mean eating

Antonyms

34 4.6

To not eat or drink for a time

Compounds

A fake name someone uses to hide their real name

nom de plume
  • Literature
3 8.2

A name an author uses instead of their real name

9.9

A name someone uses online instead of their real name

How Informal

nom
  • Slang
4 9.9
chow
  • Informal
59 8.2
grub
  • Informal
40 7.5
food
∞ 1.0
fare
38 3.7

Surface Forms

nom singular
noms plural

Etymology

Nom comes from the playful eating sound 'nom nom' that people write online or in cartoons to show enjoying food. So nom became a fun, easy word for tasty food and is easy to remember because it sounds like eating.