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, 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”, 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

• Catalan: nyam nyam, nyam
• Danish: nammenam
• Finnish: nam-nam
• French: miam miam miam
• German: njam, njam, njam
• 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^[2] (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^[3] (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)

Further reading

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