Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

om nom nom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
om nom nom
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

The sound made while relishing food.

Slang

noun

Tasty food.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

omnomnom (alternative) om nom (alternative) om nom nom nom (alternative) nom nom (alternative) nom nom nom (alternative) om nom noms (plural)

Synonyms

yum

Questions

What does om nom nom mean?
The sound made while relishing food.
Where does om nom nom come from?
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.

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