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oom

/ʊəm/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)
  2. Initialism of out of memory.
  3. Initialism of out of mana.
  4. An instance of an out of memory error.
  5. Initialism of order of magnitude.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam and ohm.

  1. oom(Afrikaans)→
  2. oom (English)
  3. Relations: bor

Related words

oom(Afrikaans)

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