OOMF

See also: oomf

English

Alternative forms

• oomf

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /umf/

Phrase

OOMF

1. (Internet slang) Acronym of one of my followers/friends.
   • 2022 September 16, Emil Wilbekin, “What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now?”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1]:

     [Jeremy O. Harris:] One of the things I worry about is that the little gay boys and girls I’m friends with don’t meet people their age IRL. They only know people through their oomfs, right? The oomfs run the world.
     [Devan Shimoyama:] What’s “oomf”?
     [Jeremy O. Harris:] An oomf is an “O.O.M.F.” — “one of my friends,” as in someone you know only in a digital space, from Twitter or Tumblr.

Derived terms

• OOMFie, oomfie

 

Translations

Translations

• French: oomf (fr)

See also

• moot