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To fucking hate it when people say "Nom Nom"

97 replies

FruitCakey · 08/11/2014 20:49

Angry EW stop it! I don't want to know that you're "nomming" your food. Biscuit

OP posts:
Only1scoop · 08/11/2014 21:11

Belle ....I hope you have deleted that individual....

Pasithea · 08/11/2014 21:12

This is the only slang that really riles me and I mean really to the point of murder.

skinnyamericano · 08/11/2014 21:12

I have a 'friend' on FB who must eat every meal out, and insists on photographing it with the caption 'Nom nom'. It makes me want to scream!

Only1scoop · 08/11/2014 21:13
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sunnyrosegarden · 08/11/2014 21:15

YANBU - yes, I am looking at you, youngest child of mine!

Must admit, I thought it was something to do with minecraft.

YeahItsMe · 08/11/2014 21:16

YANBU its vile!

HavingAnOffDAy · 08/11/2014 21:16

Definitely NBU

I hate it when I see friends using it in Facebook posts. Makes me cringeConfused

MrsItsNoworNotatAll · 09/11/2014 08:26

I think it's a term used by the less intelligent among us...

This is the only slang that really riles me. I mean really to the point of murder

Those two have made me weep laughing Grin

I couldn't possibly agree more. Worse still for me is a single NOM!

Urrrrrrrgh!Angry

If someone ever writes it on one of my status's I have to delete it.

wowfudge · 09/11/2014 08:34

What's wrong with yum yum if you must say something? It's worked fine for decades as far as I can tell. And nommy as in 'nommy Nandos' is an adjective, not a verb.

I'll get my coat.

LizzieVereker · 09/11/2014 08:40

Reading through this thread, I feel as though I have found my people. Grin

The expression "nom nom" makes me feel sick with rage. I thought it was just me being snotty, but I'm so glad their are more of you out there.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 09/11/2014 08:46

It's infantile and grim in equal measure.

JessieMcJessie · 09/11/2014 08:51

Do those who hate "nom" also hate "yum"? They are basically just two different ways of writing the same sound.

I hate both, by the way, and no child of mine shall ever utter the word "yummy".

TwoNoisyBoys · 09/11/2014 08:51

Can't bloody stand it. It's bad enough when used in reference to food, but my sister's boyfriend uses it as a comment on pictures of her on Facebook. As in "Nom nom, my fit bird". Gives me the RAGE.

(And yes, I know it's my fault for having Facebook in the first place, but I actually have him 'hidden' so I don't see his posts, but the odd thing still gets through. Unfortunately!)

GobblersKnob · 09/11/2014 08:53

Om nom nom is a million miles better than yum yum, which is squirmtastically awful, yummy

RabbitSaysWoof · 09/11/2014 08:55

I've never ever heard of it.

duchesse · 09/11/2014 09:05

I completely agree with you OP, just hearing it makes me stabby. As the owner of teenaged girls, I hear it a lot, even more so now they know it annoys me so much.

catseyes10 · 09/11/2014 09:06

I hate it. However the rage I feel when I see the word 'gorjus' or 'gawjus' makes nom nom pale into insignificance.

duchesse · 09/11/2014 09:07

gorjus?

DownByTheRiverside · 09/11/2014 09:08

Doesn't bother me, but there are so many other twee phrases that set my teeth on edge. Fortunately most of those conversations are during interactions at work, so I can separate that from my real life.
Or I just ignore the thread on MN. Smile

Roussette · 09/11/2014 09:17

Yes yes yes! I mean no no no... oh god what do I mean...

I have carried this dreadful secret forever. The secret that I loathe beyond measure 'nom nom'. I can now come out with my hatred because I am tired of keeping this secret. You are all wonderful people and I can now face the world.

Yum or yummy is fine because it's been round for years. Nom nom hasn't. Even typing it makes me want to hit the wine.

Edgarallan · 09/11/2014 09:20

Makes me want to die!

Nomama · 09/11/2014 09:20

nommy Nandos may well encapsulate all that is wrong with the Westernised world!

Blech!

Hoppinggreen · 09/11/2014 09:27

There is a sign in a takeaway window near me that says
Keep Calm
And
Nom Nom
In the style of that famous poster. I hate it, it makes me think of pigs and troughs!!

Boomtownsurprise · 09/11/2014 09:38

It's also a brand. A young boy makes food with it. Gluten free or something.

It's just a word. Can't believe you lot are giving it so much headspace

MrsItsNoworNotatAll · 09/11/2014 09:50

Come to think of it there is many words that get on my tits.

Chillaxing.

Well that's two words combined I know but that's another one that makes me want to scream in the face of the person who has said or written it.

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