nm

Nautical Mile.
A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude.

1 NM = 1.15078 MI

Pilot 1:How much further until our waypoint?
Pilot 2:About 16 nm

by green-poo December 31, 2009

nm

in the subject line of an e-mail, (nm) stands for no message. that is, the sender is so to the point that he needed only the subject line to express himself, so there's no need for the reader to open the (blank) message.

Subejct: Your house is on fire. Run for cover. (nm)

by Zen06 June 28, 2005

nm

not much

what's going on?
nm

by kevely and sam March 8, 2003

nm

This is one of the many annoying "chatspeaks" that illiterate dumbasses use because they can't take the time to write it out.

If not much is going on, can't you take time out of your boring life to type "not much"?

Bob:So, whats up?
Bill: nm
Tiek: Can't you take the time to type out "not much"?

by Tiek October 30, 2004

nm

Quite possibly the most annoying "Word" knows to the "English speaking nation." shortened, or "1137" way of saying "Not Much."
Its just that our time has gotten to lazy to type nothing much, which is stupid because if your not doing anything you should be able to type "Nothing much".

Me;Hey
loser;hi
me;Whats Up?
loser;nm
Me;Why don't you just type nothing much you loser.

by Samanthaa* September 5, 2007

nm

internet abbreviation.
nm = Never Mind.

A: Did you bring the car?
B: er...
A: nm.

by timothykhoo September 17, 2004

nm

Shorthand for Nothing/Not much.

Person 1: What's up?
Person 2: nm

by Bri March 8, 2004