See TOMT on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Initialism. First attested 27 August 1993, but popularised on the subreddit r/tipofmytongue, which uses “[TOMT]” as a prefix on user's posts made to it.",
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"ref": "1993 August 27, Jayant Murthy, “Alt.Fan.Wodehouse hits a milestone.”, in alt.fan.wodehouse (Usenet):",
"text": "I don't think Anatole can ever return to a place where he had once been due to his propensity for affairs of the heart. In fact, I am amazed that complications never arose at the Travers' domicile. Or perhaps they did but never rose past the butler's (his name is on the t.o.m.t.) port sessions Given^([sic]) Anatole's gallic temperament, an unlikely scenario.",
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"ref": "2009 August 28, @domesticdays, Twitter:",
"text": "2 guys shoot i can't remeber^([sic]) their names one is super short the other is tall. they are comedians dang its on the TOMT",
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"ref": "2012 April 11, u/Monster_Claire, r/tipofmytongue, Reddit:",
"text": "It's on the TOMT: the title of An Arthurian novel from Merlin's point of view (and he does not use magic!)",
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"ref": "2016 August 12, @raysberrypie, Twitter:",
"text": "googled and only saw mentions of bab5 + matrix refs, but I also caught moulin rouge, and fast and furious, plus others on the tomt",
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"ref": "2020 September 8, @Maphlux, Twitter:",
"text": "Can't find this (Australian?) short story at the TOMT, two brothers go to somewhere like Nepal, pay a guy so that they can fire a bunch of guns for fun, it has a dark ending. More info in post, does anyone know it?",
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"ref": "2024 July 15, @AvitalShtap, Twitter:",
"text": "TOMT:\nI swear I remember an amazing website that was meant to be a \"2024 website simulator\". As soon as you open it, it has a popup asking you about cookies, then to log in, then to donate. And at the end it sadly announces this is the modern internet. Anyone seen this?",
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"word": "TOMT"
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"ref": "1993 August 27, Jayant Murthy, “Alt.Fan.Wodehouse hits a milestone.”, in alt.fan.wodehouse (Usenet):",
"text": "I don't think Anatole can ever return to a place where he had once been due to his propensity for affairs of the heart. In fact, I am amazed that complications never arose at the Travers' domicile. Or perhaps they did but never rose past the butler's (his name is on the t.o.m.t.) port sessions Given^([sic]) Anatole's gallic temperament, an unlikely scenario.",
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"ref": "2009 August 28, @domesticdays, Twitter:",
"text": "2 guys shoot i can't remeber^([sic]) their names one is super short the other is tall. they are comedians dang its on the TOMT",
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"ref": "2012 April 11, u/Monster_Claire, r/tipofmytongue, Reddit:",
"text": "It's on the TOMT: the title of An Arthurian novel from Merlin's point of view (and he does not use magic!)",
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126,
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"ref": "2016 August 12, @raysberrypie, Twitter:",
"text": "googled and only saw mentions of bab5 + matrix refs, but I also caught moulin rouge, and fast and furious, plus others on the tomt",
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"ref": "2020 September 8, @Maphlux, Twitter:",
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"ref": "2024 July 15, @AvitalShtap, Twitter:",
"text": "TOMT:\nI swear I remember an amazing website that was meant to be a \"2024 website simulator\". As soon as you open it, it has a popup asking you about cookies, then to log in, then to donate. And at the end it sadly announces this is the modern internet. Anyone seen this?",
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],
"word": "TOMT"
}
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