num
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A short form of the word number used in messages and forms
- noun
- /nʌm/
- Texting
:
núm.
- Num-nums!
Examples
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In the message, she just wrote the num for the meeting instead of the full word.
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This way for your num-nums.
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Oh, it was a wrong num...
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That is the way of this num.
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Hey, I forgot the num--
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Oh, Roy, do you want your num-nums?
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Please check the num--
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Room num...
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Paragraph num.
Fiction book (1995) -
Go eat your num-nums.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Num is a modern short form of number, often used in notes, forms and messages when people write quickly. Think of it like writing the first three letters of number or like the common abbreviation no., so num simply means 'number' and is used informally.