Meanings
hm1
- A shorter variant of hmm.
- InternetPhilippinesabbreviationcolloquialinitialismInitialism of how much.
I am selling this shirt. Hm? ₱50 only.
HM2
alternative H.M. · alternative H. M.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of His Majesty (the title of a king).
Near-synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty
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Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties
Synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen).
Near-synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty
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Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties
Synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty
plural HMs · alternative H.M. · alternative H. M.
- IndiaabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Home Minister.
- abbreviationinitialismentertainmentInitialism of heavy metal.
When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?
1982 April 24, “Women of Iron”, in Gay Community News, page 10 - abbreviationinitialismInitialism of hidden machine
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For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc.
2023 March 12, Quinton O'Connor, “Pokemon Emerald: The 16 Best Hoenn HM Mules”, in TheGamer
alternative H.M. · alternative H. M.
- abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Hindley-Milner.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011.
She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).
2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan
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Origin
(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
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