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- Comments Feed natedog (UID#1905) on November 21st, 2009 at 1: 15 am arm narm narm narm
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She raises a narm which sort0f keeps waving because she not doing da right aerobikal exercise fro hurs tri sepps adn points a finger wif loooooong claw at The Maus and skweeches:
Firefox has a new - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” dramatic = sad 2: 28 AM opposite of comedy never mind the narm / unitntentional comedy of the scene lelangir: ok 2: 29 AM though … im still having a hard time seeing how that contributes to the relationship between genre / plot or rather a specific type of rel.
Anime Nano! 2009
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Payape magar narm rau us ki raftaar, paiham magar betakan us ki gardish
ALL THINGS PAKISTAN 2009
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_nam_, or _narm-keffi_, means "the liquid from the palm flower."
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
pterodactyl commented on the word narm
A Narm is a moment that is supposed to be serious, but due to either over-sappiness, poor execution, excessive melodrama, or the sheer absurdity of the situation, the drama is lost to the point of becoming unintentionally funny. It can be extremely subjective.
It is named for the famous scene in the last season of Six Feet Under, where the main character Nate suffers a brain embolism. He suddenly grabs his right arm and repeats "Numb arm!", but it quickly becomes "N'arm! N'arm!" Despite being the climax of one of the best shows HBO has ever created, the scene was overwhelmingly found by fans and reviewers to be funny rather than sad.
Were you to discuss this phenomenon in a scholarly work or literary circles, the word you would probably use is "bathos." Though all the implications of the technical term do not match up exactly, it's a fairly good fit.
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February 25, 2010