# nm

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 1999, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618 "1999-12-01T22:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 1999, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/1 "1999-12-01T22:30:00Z")

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I’ve seen this in some posts from time to time.

What does it mean?

And, no, I don’t have any references at hand.

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**Author:** ![Occam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Occam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Occam)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 1999, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/2 "1999-12-01T22:36:00Z")

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You write it at the title of you post. It means “No message”.

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**Author:** ![KentT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@KentT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KentT)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 1999, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/3 "1999-12-01T22:56:00Z")

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Interchangeable with nt, No Text.

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“No! You can’t take my medicine, I need every brain cell blazing to outwit my invisible enemies!”

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**Author:** ![keystream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a3d4f5/32.png) [@keystream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keystream)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/4 "1999-12-02T04:26:00Z")

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And IIRC? What’s that?

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/5 "1999-12-02T04:30:00Z")

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IIRC–“if I remember correctly.”

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**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/6 "1999-12-02T04:40:00Z")

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No, no, no. “nm” means you’re writing about New Mexico, or a National Monument. If you wanted to write about a National Monument in New Mexico, you’d use “nmnm”.

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“That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler

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**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/7 "1999-12-02T05:30:00Z")

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And all this time I thought nm stood for ‘not much’!

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“I may be crazy, but at least I’m not as crazy as you.”-- Calvin and Hobbes  
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/8 "1999-12-02T06:19:00Z")

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if it is n/m then it’s never mind. 🙂

IIRC is If I Recall Correctly

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“Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat  
O p a l C a t  
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**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 1999, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nm/11618/9 "1999-12-02T06:52:00Z")

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To rich Texans it stands for Neiman-Marcus.