TOMT

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.

TOMT

1. (Internet slang, rare) Abbreviation of tip of my tongue.
   • 1993 August 27, Jayant Murthy, “Alt.Fan.Wodehouse hits a milestone.”, in alt.fan.wodehouse‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2009 August 28, @domesticdays, Twitter‎^[2]:

     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

   • 2012 April 11, u/Monster_Claire, r/tipofmytongue‎^[3], Reddit:

     It's on the TOMT: the title of An Arthurian novel from Merlin's point of view (and he does not use magic!)

   • 2016 August 12, @raysberrypie, Twitter‎^[4]:

     googled and only saw mentions of bab5 + matrix refs, but I also caught moulin rouge, and fast and furious, plus others on the tomt

   • 2020 September 8, @Maphlux, Twitter‎^[5]:

     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?

   • 2024 July 15, @AvitalShtap, Twitter‎^[6]:

     TOMT:
     I 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?