adv. no, as in the story “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller (Nebula Awards Showcase 2004); see also mmmmmm nnnn.
mmph hmhm.
n. a sleepy mumble that one is on one’s way.
<I muttered something that started in my brain as “I’m coming,” but came out of my mouth more like “Mmph hmhm.” —Marilyn Halvorson, Blue Moon.>
mmrmph.
n. a mumbled word, as when a squid’s tentacle is wrapped around one’s face in the comic strip “Penny Arcade” by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins.
n. an ecstatic mumble that “transcend[s] language,” as in the novel Frisk by Dennis Cooper.
n. an incoherent apology, as when spoken with a mouth full of food in the novel The House on the Point: A Tribute to Franklin W. Dixon and The Hardy Boys by Benjamin Hoff.
mmrph.
n. a murmur made while one’s face is buried in the bosom of a woman dressed as Mrs. Santa Clause, in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.
n. an incomprehensible mumble from a cell phone, in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.
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