erm

intj
/ɜːm/UK/ɝm/US

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Definitions

  1. Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

    • She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
  2. Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.

    • Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.
    • – Bob would never say something like that! – Erm, he just did.
  3. Initialism of enterprise relationship management.

  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. Ellipsis of ERM protein family.

    2. Abbreviation of ezrin-radixin-moesin.

    3. Initialism of European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

      • The ERM was an arrangement that pegged most European currencies’ exchange-rate movements within limited bands.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for erm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA