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narm

/ˈnɑː(ɹ)m/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounnarm (countable and uncountable, plural narms)

plural narms

countableslanguncountablelifestyleA scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny.

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Origin

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".

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with narm

arm alarm charm harm barm disarm parm gendarme yarm rearm marm becharm Chapel Arm encharm Jackson's Arm Middle Arm Norris Arm Northern Arm outcharm overfarm Pensons Arm Roberts Arm Roddickton-Bide Arm secular arm

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APA

narm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narm

MLA

“narm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narm.

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