Tom

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Tom can be an abbreviated version of the given name Thomas. Other meanings are listed below.

tom can refer to ~ a complete and utter git

• Tom or tomcat, a male cat
• The cat in the MGM cat-and-mouse cartoon series Tom and Jerry
• One-half of the (unrelated) 1930s Van Beuren Studios cartoon duo Tom and Jerry
• Tom, the MySpace username for MySpace co-creator Tom Anderson.
• Tom, a short lived 1994 sitcom starring Tom Arnold on CBS
• Tom, a Thai word for a masculine-appearing lesbian.
• TOM, the ICAO code for the budget airline Thomsonfly.
• Peeping Tom, a person (usually male) who derives pleasure from watching others (usually women) strip
• Uncle Tom, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, also African-American slang for an obsequious, servile, or witless person
• TOM is the brand name of the European lighter company ELEKTRONICA
• Tom, used as an alternative word for turkey, prostitute, or (in Tudor English slang) lunatic.
• Tom tom, a type of drum
• TomTom, a company that manufactures GPS navigation software and equipment
• TOM Group, mobile internet and media company.
• *TOM Online, a mobile Internet company in China and listed subsidiary of TOM Group
• FC Tom Tomsk, a Russian football (soccer) club
• Another version of the Chinese family name Tan.
• A large sluice box used in gold prospecting, sometimes called a long tom.
• The character on Lost.

[edit] Other uses of TOM as an abbreviation

• Theory of mind
• TOM (programming language)
• Toonami Operations Module, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's Toonami block
• Tournament of Minds, an annual children's competition held in Australia
• The Taxation Operations Manual used by the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge
• TOM (Transmitter outer membrane) - a channel involved in protein transport in mitochondria
• Tom (Jewellery) - from Cockney rhyming slang 'tomfoolery'