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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.

interjection omnomnom · om nom · om nom nom nom · nom nom · nom nom nom

  1. childish, slang The sound made while relishing food.

    Similar: yum

noun om nom noms · omnomnom · om nom · om nom nom nom · nom nom · nom nom nom

  1. Internet, countable, plural normally, uncountable Tasty food. Activities include: / Music and Dancing / Speeches / An attempt to bring Tory and WBM to the East Coast / Balloons / Om nom noms / […]

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intj sound made while relishing food

Españolñam ñam ñam
中文啊嗚啊嗚 /啊呜啊呜 āwūāwū, 昂姆昂姆 ángmǔángmǔ
Portuguêsnham nham
Françaismiam miam miam
Deutschnjam, njam, njam
Italianognam gnam
Русскийням-ня́м njam-njám, ням njam
Tiếng Việtnhồm nhoàm, măm

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@misc{om_nom_nom_2026,
  title = {om nom nom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/om%20nom%20nom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}