erm

1. UKhumorousUsed in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

   She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.

   Synonyms: um, umm, em, eh, uh

2. UKhumorousUsed to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.

   Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.

   1 more example

   – Bob would never say something like that! – Erm, he just did.

plural ERMs

1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of enterprise relationship management.
2. abbreviationellipsisbiochemistryEllipsis of ERM protein family.

1. abbreviationnot comparablebiochemistryAbbreviation of ezrin-radixin-moesin.

1. European UnionabbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

   The ERM was an arrangement that pegged most European currencies’ exchange-rate movements within limited bands.

   2011, Marc Flandreau, Getting to Yes (Again) with Germany