hfffff hfffff.

n.  deep huffing, as after fleeing from a monster in the graphic novel Parasyte 7 by Hitosi Iwaaki; see also hfff, hff hff hff hff.

hggh.

n.  a heaving, panicked breath, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.


n.  heavy breathing of exertion, as described in the story “Marketplace” by Bhavna S. Doegar.


n.  the sound of clearing one’s throat.

<I think I have something stuck in my throat.  Hggh ... hggh.  —“When Vesuvio’s Erupts, As With Shrimp Pizza, It’s Amore,” The Standard-Times.>

hgkh.

n.  the sound of someone struggling not to drown in a vat of fresh cream, as in the graphic novella Hearts and Minds by Scott McCloud; see also sppt, blpb.

hgmmm.

n.  an incomprehensible utterance of pain, from the ubiquitous German joke about a man mistakenly diagnosed with hemorrhoids who tells the proctologist, “get someone with longer fingers—I have a sore throat!”  See also drmpf, hlmpfmr, hmmgmr.

hh.

n.  a reply meaning “what?” or “huh?”

<A voice said, “Psst.”  “Hh?” said Varney.  —Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere.>

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