mmmph.

n.  an expression of sympathy.

<Skip shook her head and said, “Mmmph,” to show her sympathy.  —Julie Smith, 82 Desire.>

n.  the sound of a person speaking with his mouth full.

<‘How’s the food, honey?’  ‘Mmmph.’  —Michael Salinger, Lake Erie.>

mmmphhm mmrph.

n.  an incoherent phrase, as muttered by a seamstress holding several pins in her mouth.

<“Mmmphhm mmrph,” said the woman on her knees at the pedestal under Lana’s feet.  —Nicole Paolini, Swamp Gas.>

mmmphm mmm nngh gnn.

n.  a mumbled and presumably off-color line of dialogue by the character “Kenny” from the animated television series South Park.

<KENNY: Mmmphm mmm nngh gnn.  STAN: Kenny, that’s sick!  —Matt Graham, “South Park: Angband comes to South Park.”>

MMMrrrr.

n.  the hum of an aircraft engine starting up, as described in Animorphs #37: The Weakness by K.A. Applegate.

mmnn.

n.  a murmur upon waking from sleep, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.

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