om nom nom

om nom nom

See also: omnomnom

English

Alternative forms

• omnomnom, om nom, om nom nom nom, nom nom, nom nom nom

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, attested 2004,[1] variant of num-num. Originally from the sound Cookie Monster on Sesame Street makes when he eats (from late 1960s/early 1970s), though this was canonically“un num num num num”,[2] with a ‘u’. Popularized since 2007 in internet use, particularly in meme-based images, especially lolcats and other image macros. See nom for details.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

om nom nom

1. (slang or childish) The sound made while relishing food.

   Synonym: yum

Translations

sound made while relishing food

Finnish: nam-nam French: miam miam miam Hungarian: nyam-nyam Italian: gnam gnam Polish: om (pl) Portuguese: nham nham Russian: ням-ня́м (ru) (njam-njám), ням (ru) (njam) Spanish: ñam ñam ñam Vietnamese: nhồm nhoàm (vi), măm (vi)

Noun

om nom nom (countable and uncountable, plural om nom noms)

1. (Internet slang, usually in the plural) Tasty food.
   • 05/04/2008, SenatorXenu, “Anonymous to hold rally in US Capitol July 19th 2008.”, in alt.religion.scientology, Usenet‎:

     Activities include: / Music and Dancing / Speeches / An attempt to bring Tory and WBM to the East Coast / Balloons / Om nom noms / […]

   • 2009 March 9, Mr. T, “Re: Giving line-juggling another shot”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.sj-sharks, Usenet‎:

     > "Guys, I want you to go out there tonight and not give the slightest
     > thought about defense. None. I want you to see if you can score six
     > goals, no matter how many the other guys get. You do that, and we all
     > have dinners at Minneapolis' best steak house on me." […]
     
     
     I like it. Motivate with some OM NOM NOM

   • 2012, Ava Anastasia, "There's nothing wrong with some OM NOM NOM", Scope (Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia), Issue 14, Week 7, Semester 121, page 11 (used in title only)

References

1. on nom, Urban Dictionary
2. “Season 40 Press Kit -- Muppet Bios”, in Sesame Workshop‎, 2009, archived from the original on 2009-10-10, retrieved 12 March 2022

Further reading

• “nom²”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.