nom

plural noms

1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of nomination.

   Particularly "Mr. Fox" now that it has an Oscar nom to boast about.

   2010 February 13, "Juan F. Lara" (username), "2/5-7 Weekend BoxOffice", in rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.disney.animation, Usenet

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   I have already submitted a revised (in terms of format) nomination. […] In the future I will try to better organize my information (one message per nom, snip out excess spam if I post, etc.).

   2000 May 30, "Webmaster -- Kevin Stroud" (username), "Re: RBL nomination for 195.235.113.140 (mail.teleline.es) -- 5th supporting email, in news.admin.net-abuse.email, Usenet

   The obvious way to reduce the number of noms is to increase the standard.

   2001 July 17, William Tunstall-Pedoe, “problems/suggestions for this group”, in alt.anagrams (Usenet)

2. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of nominator.
3. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of nominee.

present singular third person noms · participle present nomming · participle past nommed · past nommed

1. abbreviationclippinginformaltransitiveClipping of nominate.

   Emmy-nommed composer Robert Prince died March 4 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.

   2007, Variety staff, "Composer Prince dies" (obituary)

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   I have a little request to make. When you kids nom, do you think you could make clear who it is you're nomming -- and maybe even include the article headers for the voters (and the judge) -- many of whom are not psychics?

   1998, blaque, “A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet)

   Quite a big percentage of the anagrams posted here get nommed - IMO it should only be around 20% or so.

   2001, William Tunstall-Pedoe, “problems/suggestions for this group”, in alt.anagrams (Usenet)

alternative nomf

1. colloquialUsed to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.

   [to a baby] You are so cute, I could just eat you right up! Nom nom nom.

present singular third person noms · participle present nomming · participle past nommed · past nommed · alternative nomf

1. colloquialTo eat with noisy enjoyment.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Organization for Marriage.

   NOM advocates for what they claim is "traditional marriage," and hope to take marriage rights away from same sex couples.

   2019 November 7, Aila Slisco, “Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito Urged to Recuse Themselves from LGBT Cases”, in Newsweek

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   National Organization for Marriage The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was formed in 2007 with the intention of organizing and focusing the opposition to same-sex marriage in a single national voice.

   2014, Wallace Swan, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Civil Rights, page 65

   A number of groups have formed in recent years around the same-sex marriage issue. By 2010 two organizations had taken center stage at the national level. Founded in 2007, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that lobbies and builds grass-roots campaigns in support of traditional marriage—that is, in opposition to same-sex marriage—at the state and national levels.

   2018, Clyde Wilcox, Onward Christian Soldiers?: The Religious Right in American Politics

   The Washington Post has referred to NOM as the “preeminent organization dedicated to preventing the legalization of same-sex marriage" (Hesse, 2009).

   2018, Rhonda Gibson, Same-Sex Marriage and Social Media