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narm

/ˈnɑː(ɹ)m/

narm noun: a scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny.

Noun

narm (countable and uncountable, plural narms)

  1. (slang) A scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny.

Forms of narm

pluralnarms

Origin of narm

Coined by TV Tropes in 2007, referring to a scene in Six Feet Under's final season where main protagonist Nate Fisher complains about his arm being numb while suffering a brain embolism and repeats the words "numb arm", quickly slurring them into the single syllable "narm".

Words that rhyme with narm

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Questions about narm

What does narm mean?
Narm means a scene in a piece of media that is portrayed as serious but unintentionally seen as funny.
What part of speech is narm?
Narm is a noun.
How do you pronounce narm?
Narm is pronounced /ˈnɑː(ɹ)m/.
What is the plural of narm?
The plural of narm is narms.

Words near narm in the dictionary

  1. narks
  2. narky
  3. narlaprevir
  4. narluga
  5. narlugas
  6. narm
  7. Narmada
  8. Narmadapuram
  9. narmean
  10. narms
  11. narna

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