om nom nom

== English == === Alternative forms === omnomnom, om nom, om nom nom nom, nom nom, nom nom nom === 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. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === om nom nom (slang or childish) The sound made while relishing food. Synonym: yum ==== Translations ==== === Noun === om nom nom (countable and uncountable, plural om nom noms) (Internet slang, usually in the plural) Tasty food. 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) === References === === Further reading === “nom2”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.