[1] wom, n. 1. a derisive slang term referring to something that is useless or pointless. 2. someone who is considered worthless or incapable of performing useful functions; a moron. Etymology: Believed derived from a late 20th-century acronym for “write-only memory” (WOM), a computer term referring to a hypothetical type of computer memory into which information could be entered but from which data could not be retrieved.
—from Dictionary of Modern American English, second edition, c. 2020
[2] bowl-squatter, n. an uncomplimentary slang term referring to space colonists who earn title to their property by living on it. Syn. rock farmer. Etymology: The “bowl” reference is derived from the shape of the life domes within which space colony environments are controlled for such factors as temperature, pressure and atmosphere. These domes resemble inverted bowls.
—from Dictionary of Modern American English, second edition, c. 2020.