parm

or Parm

[ pahrm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Informal.

, Informal.

Origin of parm¹

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; by shortening of Parmesan ( def ) or parmigiana ( def )

So duck into parm and sandwich Little Italy and NOLA together, or grab him a burger from the shack where the lines take forever.

Example: “The chicken-parm-off… the guido version of a bake-off.”

He thought of poor old rheumatic Parm'ly, and her single bucket of coal at a time.

As for Aunt Parm'ly, she said she did not know, but dat dare coal seemed like it come from de sky.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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