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+ | [[File:Sesame Street & The Origin of Om nom nom nom|thumb|300px|right|November 9, 2009 segment on the word.]] |
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| − | An onomatopœia, '''om nom nom''' is a sound Cookie Monster makes when he eats. The term became a meme on the Internet, often being used with lolcat images. The term, without the lolcat association, was first posted on UrbanDictionary.com in December 2004 as "om nom". |
+ | An onomatopœia, '''om nom nom''' is a sound [[Cookie Monster]] makes when he eats. The term became a meme on the Internet, often being used with lolcat images. The term, without the lolcat association, was first posted on UrbanDictionary.com in December 2004 as "om nom". |
As defined by the Linguistic Society of America, nom is an "Onomatopoetic form connoting eating, esp. pleasurably. Can be used as an interjection or noun to refer to delicious food." |
As defined by the Linguistic Society of America, nom is an "Onomatopoetic form connoting eating, esp. pleasurably. Can be used as an interjection or noun to refer to delicious food." |
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| − | Many viral videos of animals eating feature the term in their titles; among the most viewed are a hamster eating (with 11.4 million views on YouTube), and a "kitteh" (with 2.7 million views). |
+ | Many viral videos of animals eating feature the term in their titles; among the most viewed are a hamster eating (with 11.4 million views on YouTube), and a "kitteh" (with 2.7 million views). Even [[Disney]] Living marketing has used the term.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150316309118036 facebook.com/DisneyLiving]</ref> |
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| + | As of 2011, Sesame Workshop does not seem to have standardized usage of this term, to capitalize on its popularity; paint line [[Sesame Street Colours]] includes the variety "Num Num Num". |
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| + | In the ''Sesame Street'' book ''[[S is for School!|S is for School]]'', when Cookie Monster is told not to eat the alphabet, he replies, "Ok, ok, ok. But it very tasty. Num num!" |
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==2nd place in Word of the Year== |
==2nd place in Word of the Year== |
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| ⚫ | At the 2011 conference of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), the final round of the annual 2010 Word of the Year (as voted on by the American Dialect Society) debate was between "[[Sesame Street iPhone apps|app]]" and "nom". In preliminary rounds, "nom" was up against several other words in the category "Most Useful". |
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| − | The '''Linguistic Society of America''' (LSA) is a professional society for linguists. It was founded in 1924 to advance linguistics, the scientific study of human language. |
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| + | ==References== |
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| ⚫ | At the 2011 conference of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), the final round of the annual 2010 Word of the Year debate was between "[[iPhone |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.omnomnomnom.com/ Om Nom Nom Nom.com] (est. August 2007) and [http://omnomnom.org/ Om Nom Nom.com] (est. April 2008) |
* [http://www.omnomnomnom.com/ Om Nom Nom Nom.com] (est. August 2007) and [http://omnomnom.org/ Om Nom Nom.com] (est. April 2008) |
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* [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/om-nom-nom-nom Know Your Meme definition] |
* [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/om-nom-nom-nom Know Your Meme definition] |
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+ | * [http://www.americandialect.org/ Official site of ADS] |
* [http://news.scotsman.com/news/39App39-is-word-of-year.6684280.jp 'App' is word of year for linguists], ''The Scotsman'', 09 January 2011. |
* [http://news.scotsman.com/news/39App39-is-word-of-year.6684280.jp 'App' is word of year for linguists], ''The Scotsman'', 09 January 2011. |
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[[Category:Sesame Street Culture]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street Culture]] |
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Revision as of 00:42, 20 June 2014
Sesame Street & The Origin of Om nom nom nom
November 9, 2009 segment on the word.
An onomatopœia, om nom nom is a sound Cookie Monster makes when he eats. The term became a meme on the Internet, often being used with lolcat images. The term, without the lolcat association, was first posted on UrbanDictionary.com in December 2004 as "om nom".
As defined by the Linguistic Society of America, nom is an "Onomatopoetic form connoting eating, esp. pleasurably. Can be used as an interjection or noun to refer to delicious food."
Many viral videos of animals eating feature the term in their titles; among the most viewed are a hamster eating (with 11.4 million views on YouTube), and a "kitteh" (with 2.7 million views). Even Disney Living marketing has used the term.[1]
As of 2011, Sesame Workshop does not seem to have standardized usage of this term, to capitalize on its popularity; paint line Sesame Street Colours includes the variety "Num Num Num".
In the Sesame Street book S is for School, when Cookie Monster is told not to eat the alphabet, he replies, "Ok, ok, ok. But it very tasty. Num num!"
2nd place in Word of the Year
At the 2011 conference of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), the final round of the annual 2010 Word of the Year (as voted on by the American Dialect Society) debate was between "app" and "nom". In preliminary rounds, "nom" was up against several other words in the category "Most Useful".
References
External links
- Om Nom Nom Nom.com (est. August 2007) and Om Nom Nom.com (est. April 2008)
- Know Your Meme definition
- Official site of ADS
- 'App' is word of year for linguists, The Scotsman, 09 January 2011.