gmmph.

n.  a sleepy groan.

<“Gmmph,” said Sally, trying hard to wake up.  —Virginia Swift, Bad Company.>

n.  a stifled cough.

<Adolphus stroked her hair tenderly, and turned his head away to suppress another fit of coughing: Gmmph! Gmmph! Gmmph!  —K.P. Bath, The Secret of Castle Cant.>

gmmph nng m.

n.  a mumbled line of dialogue by the character “Kenny” from the animated television series South Park.

<KENNY: Gmmph nng m!  KYLE: It’s just your imagination.  There’s nothing in here with us.  KENNY: NNNGH! (Sound of chains breaking and nasty slobbering noises. Kenny’s eyeballs vanish.)  KYLE: Ohmigod, they killed Kenny!  —Matt Graham, “South Park: Angband comes to South Park.”>

gn.

n.  an incoherent muttering, as from someone regaining consciousness after being thrown by an explosion, in the graphic novella Hearts and Minds by Scott McCloud.

gnch.

interj.  an expression of frustration, as in “That Dratted Dress” by Alison Sinclair.


n.  the sound of someone gorging on a giant mushroom, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.

- END OF PREVIEW - To read more, see the "Search Inside" feature at Amazon.com