mnnh.

n.  a hum indicating a new thought.

<Mnnh—will you be a better lover after it is over?  —Anton Myrer, The Last Convertible.>

mnnng.

(also mnnngg.)  n.  a humming equivalent for the French phrase “je ne sais quoi,” when “meanings are impossibly jumbled” and one’s jaw feels tight (Dave Robison).

<She was fumbling around in her bag for a packet of cigarettes.  “How are you doing?” I asked, smiling.  “Oh, okay—a bit mnnng.  A bit, y’know—chchch—I don’t know—y’know.”  —Dave Robison, “An Extract From a Work in Progress.”>

mnth.

n.  month, as pronounced by someone delirious with a 104-degree fever in the novel Hosts by F. Paul Wilson.

mp.

adj.  mezzo piano (a musician’s directive to perform a passage moderately softly).

mph.

interj.  an expression of disbelief.

<Mph!  Dam’ stove heap gone!  —Mark Twain, Roughing It.>

interj.  an expression of terror.

<“Mph,” George said, shaking his head wildly.  —Stephen King, The Stand.>

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