It's an archaic Japanese interjection meaning 'yea', 'uh huh'. In modern Japanese fiction it's used similar to いい (ii) in that it can be used as an affirmative or positive ("Yes, that's good"), noncommittally or resignedly ("fine, alright") or dismissively ("Enough!")

"Do you want to play shougi"?
"Umu, I sure do! Where shall we play?"

umu by enkephalin07 April 27, 2021

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Umu • ūmū • Umu or Oumou

umu

The word umu is another word for agreeing with someone, like the word "yes" or "absolutely" in a cut-er way.

Person 1: Im telling you, the people will love the maid costume!
Person 2: So you are curtain this plan will work?
Persson 1: Yes, Im positive. Let´s get to work!
Person 2: UMU!

umu by Weeberuu December 23, 2018

umu

A term used to describe the feeling of becoming saddened by something that would otherwise make an individual uwu. When something is so cute that you uwu in sadness

Acceptable use: ironically

Similar terms: úmù, ùmú, or The Big Sad™

Person 1: Wow it's barely been a year and Stray Kids has already started growing up before our own eyes
Person 2: oof you're right umu

Person 1: Did you see Baekhyun's ig live update?
Person 2: uhh yes its big ÚMÙ hours now boys
Person 1: wow rt I'm crying

umu by yeontan November 13, 2018

ūmū

ūmū is a term that was made from uwu but a cursed upside down version. Not meaning dark , but more of a assertive “ mm okay. “ type of face. Not a popular emote-con yet , but soon will be.

“ nah idk about dat fam ūmū “
“ ūmū no i dont- “

ūmū by wren:b October 18, 2020

umu

Better than uwu

Nero Claudius:umu!

umu by fumo nicedo May 12, 2022

Umu

A person whose head is so far up his/her own arse their head has sprouted once again from his/her neck

person #1: i fucking hate that Jack Graves
person #2: i know, he's such a fucking Umu!
person #1: damn straight!

Umu by Roo Barb January 19, 2009

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026