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intj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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intj

Meaning 1

The sound made while relishing food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: childish, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yum

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Tasty food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, countable, plural-normally, uncountable

Examples

  • 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)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, attested in 2004, variant of num-num. Originally from the sound Cookie Monster on Sesame Street makes when he eats (from late 1960s and 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.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: nyam nyam — sound made while relishing food
  • Catalan: nyam — sound made while relishing food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啊嗚啊嗚 /啊呜啊呜 (āwūāwū) — sound made while relishing food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昂姆昂姆 (ángmǔángmǔ) — sound made while relishing food
  • Danish: nammenam — sound made while relishing food
  • Finnish: nam-nam — sound made while relishing food
  • French: miam miam miam — sound made while relishing food
  • German: njam, njam, njam — sound made while relishing food
  • Hungarian: nyam-nyam — sound made while relishing food
  • Indonesian: nyam — sound made while relishing food
  • Italian: gnam gnam — sound made while relishing food
  • Polish: om — sound made while relishing food
  • Portuguese: nham nham — sound made while relishing food
  • Russian: ням-ня́м (njam-njám) — sound made while relishing food
  • Russian: ням (njam) — sound made while relishing food
  • Spanish: ñam ñam ñam — sound made while relishing food
  • Swedish: mums — sound made while relishing food
  • Swedish: nam nam — sound made while relishing food
  • Vietnamese: nhồm nhoàm — sound made while relishing food
  • Vietnamese: măm — sound made while relishing food