ck ck ck.

n.  the cracking of a nut, as described in Marva Collins’ Way by Marva Collins.

ckgh.

n.  the title of a visual poem by Mike Cannell.

cld.

v.  could, written in Roger Bacon’s all-consonant secret code (devised in 1250), as discussed in The Voynich Manuscript by Gerry Kennedy.

clk.

interj.  an expression of anger by a Martian whose flying saucer has just been destroyed by a “little beast with a peppermint stick” (Will Eisner, Comics & Sequential Art).


n.  the sound of involuntary swallowing.

<“I said I’d like to clk,” he said.  —Nicholson Baker, Vox.>

clk clk.

n.  a command used in training puppies to slow their pace as they are learning to heel, as discussed in Puppies for Dummies by Sarah Hodgson.

clr.

adj.  clear, written in Roger Bacon’s all-consonant secret code (devised in 1250), as discussed in The Voynich Manuscript by Gerry Kennedy.

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