nom nom nom

Delicious food noises

Nom nom nom is an onomatopoeia for enthusiastic eating, mimicking the sounds of happy chewing.

It expresses pleasure in food, often used playfully or childishly: These cookies are so good, nom nom nom.

The phrase originated in internet culture, partly popularized by Cookie Monster from Sesame Street.

It can also verb: I'm just gonna nom nom nom on these fries.

Related

snacking · late night snack · feasting · chomp · slurp · hungry hungry · scrumptious · devouring · nibble · gulp · noms · tasting · savoring · chewing · so good · mouthwatering · yummy · hangry

Opposites
eating enthusiasm

nom nom nomfasting

Deliberate food avoidance

loss of appetite · anorexia · picking at food · not hungry · food aversion

eating manner

nom nom nomnibbling

Eating in small bites

fine dining · prim and proper · eating like a bird · sipping · table manners

food relationship

nom nom nomspitting out

Ejecting from the mouth

regurgitation · vomiting · dieting · abstinence · purging

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G