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/nm stands for /notmad. It is a tone indicator that is mainly used on twitter to show if they’re not mad, just curious. An example of using this is asking why a person did something.
“Hey, why did you do that? /nm Just curious.”
/nm by WintiBear November 16, 2021
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nm • nmh • nme • NMP • nmd • nmt • NMM • NMB • NMA • NMG
Nipple man
"Please read the room /nm"
/nm by kylecat11 September 11, 2024
nm by meg4tr0n May 19, 2008
Not Much. Mostly used on im (instant messaging) e.g msn, aim, skype.
fred: Heyy up to much?
Tim: nm you?
fred: nm just chatting to you
Tim: oh cool
nm by MsnAddict_x May 1, 2009
An abbreviation of "not much" or "nothing much". It is most commonly used in instant messaging conversations as an easy and thoughtless answer to the question what's up.

Some people also use it as an abbreviation for "nevermind", but "nvm" is more popular.
Typical start of an MSN conversation:
Jack: hey
Jill: hey
Jack: sup?
Jill: nm u?
Jack: nm
Jill: cool
Jack: yup
Jack: (starts talking about something)
nm by Laurenn January 2, 2009
an annoying/lazy way of saying "Oh, I was just sitting here with my thumb up my ass, waiting for you to ask me what I was doing. In fact, let's just stand here and piss away 3 minutes of our lives talking in unclear ambiguous terms about how our day is, what we did five minutes ago, and what we plan on doing five minutes from now."
Person 1: Whazzzz up??
Person 2: nm
nm by Anonymous November 5, 2002
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