oom
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of oom
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(South-Africa)An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)
“He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’”
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noun
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(South-Africa)An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)
“He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’”
- An instance of an out of memory error.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of order of magnitude.
phrase
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of out of memory.
“If you write infinitely recursive code, you might generate an OOM error.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of out of mana.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam and ohm.
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