dom

name

Etymology: Related to Rom and Lom.

1. An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
2. A Middle Eastern Gypsy.

noun

1. Initialism of date of marriage.
2. Initialism of dirty old man.
3. Initialism of dissolved organic matter.
4. Acronym of Document Object Model.

   “The same applies to DHTML. Why can't anyone agree on a single standard? Probably because Micro$oft wants to retain a desktop monopoly in the face of superior technology avaialable on other platforms. Even on Windows, Netscape and IE use different DOMs.”

5. 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a psychedelic and a substituted amphetamine.
6. Initialism of disk on module.

verb

Etymology: Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination.

1. To dominate.

   “Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing. […] "After that," she continues, "I started domming, which I did for a long time, but have never liked much."”