hmmmmmm.

n.  a “visceral feeling” of luxury coursing through one’s central nervous system, playing upon one’s sense of well-being, as in the novel A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe.


n.  the sound of the realization that space equals time.

<So space equals time, hmmmmmm.  —Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.>

hmmmmmmm.

n.  the hum of a power lance’s protective energy field, as in the comic book Avengers #255 by Steve Epting.

hmmmmmmmmm.

n.  in the Pacaas Novos language of the Amazon, a sound representing the working of magic, fighting, talking, and eating, as discussed in Wari: The Pacaas Novos Language of Western Brazil by Daniel L. Everett.

hmmmmmmmmmm.

n.  the hum of a computer, as in the novel The Stonking Steps by Will Rogers.

hmmmph.

(also hmmph.)  n.  a passionate murmur, as during kissing in The Year of Ice: A Novel by Brian Malloy; see also mmmmm.


interj.  a harrumph of exasperation, as in the comic book The Secret Society of Super Villains.

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