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blrgh.
n.  the choking sound of someone foaming at the mouth, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz; see also phlrrt, bsshh.


blsh.
n.  the sound of a talking vacuum cleaner’s nozzle impaling a rapist, as in the comic book Vacuum Horror by Aaron K.


bmmf.
n.  the sleepy mumble of someone with a hangover; see also mfff.

<“Bmmf.”  His sentence ended with his face back in the pillow.  —Whitney Lakin, A Paintbrush in the Devil’s Toolbox.>

bmph.
n.  the dramatic thud as a falling person hits the floor.

<Bmph!!  The burned, limp body crashed to the ground not four meters away from him.  —Chris Kenworthy, Showdown!>

bng bng.
n.  a German expression meaning the “bang bang” of gunfire, as in the song “Feuer Frei” by the band Rammstein.


bng-bmp.
n.  a bumping or banging sound.

<“Why---” thmp / ‘are you being’ / thmp thmp bng-bmp / ‘so fucking nice to me?’ / he asked.  / thmp thmp.  —Terra Elan McVoy, “Dragonfly.”>


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