narm

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narm

/ˈnɑː(ɹ)m/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m

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Coined by TV Tropes in 2007, referring to a scene in Six Feet Under's final season where main protagonist Nate Fisher complains about his arm being numb while suffering a brain embolism and repeats the words "numb arm", quickly slurring them into the single syllable "narm".

noun narms

countable, slang, uncountable A scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny.

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"narm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/narm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"narm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/narm.

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@misc{narm_2026,
  title = {narm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/narm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}