nom

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of nomination.

   “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.).”

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

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

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of nominator.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal)Clipping of nominee.

verb

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, transitive)Clipping of nominate.

   “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?”

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

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

2. (colloquial)To eat with noisy enjoyment.

intj

1. (colloquial)Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating.

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

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of National Organization for Marriage.

   “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.”

   “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.”

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

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