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erm

intj, noun — 4 senses

erm

intjalso spelled ERM

UK /ɜːm/ · US /ɝm/

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

1

UK, Humorous Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

  • She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
2

UK, Humorous 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.

ERM

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of enterprise relationship management.

2

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of ERM protein family.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for erm and ERM.