nom, nomming, nom nom

[Joseph Salmons]

Check out the discussions from last year's Word of the Year at the American Dialect Society meeting, where it was discussed at some length. I don't know of anything quantitative about its rise, but it's been fast.


On Aug 6, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Indigo Som wrote:

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> Sorry if this has been covered; I haven't been following the list
> closely but did check the archives & didn't see it. Have any of you
> professionals looked into "nom" & how it has so quickly overtaken (&
> expanded) the duties of "yum"?
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> Made-up examples using cupcakes:
> I was nomming on a cupcake this afternoon when...
> Cupcakes! Nom nom!
> We have cupcakes, come get your nom on.
>
> I first saw it just within the past several months & now it seems
> like it's everywhere. Where did it come from?!
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