HM
Initialism of Hindley-Milner.
Proper noun
- Initialism of Hindley-Milner.
- Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011.
- She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring). - 2022...
Origin
(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
Forms
Noun
- Initialism of Home Minister.
- Abbreviation of hospital corpsman.
- Initialism of heavy metal.
- When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else? - 1982 April 24, “Women of Iron”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
- Initialism of hidden machine
- For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an...
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Derived
Pronoun
- Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king).
- Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties
- Near-synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty
Synonyms: HRM His Royal Majesty
- Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen).
- Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties
- Near-synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty
Synonyms: HRM Her Royal Majesty