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Meaning of MLEM | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
mlɛm

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of maximum likelihood expected-maximization (algorithm).
  2. The act or sound of extending the tongue to lick something, especially one's own nose, without opening the mouth fully.

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:MLEM.”
“When they stick out their tongues, they're doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof.”
“Not to be confused with a blep, a mlem is more dynamic and can occur multiple times over the standard duration of a blep. “Mlem, mlem, mlem.” “To obtain the peanut butter on his snoot, my dog did several mlems in a row.””
“Anyway, despite an extent less than a German shepherd’s mlem, the language of cute social media dog sites is known as DoggoLingo. It’s as well to be aware of such things.”
“Love running on the beach and in the woods and kayak adventures, snuggles and sleeping, mlem. Am I a good boy?”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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