nom
/nɑm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of National Organization for Marriage.
Example Sentences
- "I have already submitted a revised (in terms of format) nomination. […] In the future I will try to better organize my information (one message per nom, snip out excess spam if I post, etc.)."
- "The obvious way to reduce the number of noms is to increase the standard."
- "Particularly "Mr. Fox" now that it has an Oscar nom to boast about."
- "I have a little request to make. When you kids nom, do you think you could make clear who it is you're nomming -- and maybe even include the article headers for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?"
- "Quite a big percentage of the anagrams posted here get nommed - IMO it should only be around 20% or so."
- "Emmy-nommed composer Robert Prince died March 4 in Los Angeles after a brief illness."
Etymology
Short form of various words.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /nɑm/
- British English: /nɒm/