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mrrrr-rrrrm-mmrrr.
n.  the grumble of an unhappy feline, as described in Canapes for the Kitties by Marian Babson.


mrrrrr.
n.  a positive feline sound.

<“Mrrrrr!  It feels nice!” mewed Cinderpaw as she raced up the stone slope.  —Erin Hunter, Warriors #2: Fire and Ice.>

mrrrrrlg.
n.  a vocalization made while strenuously pushing against a wall or door, as in the comic “Bunny anb Rasputin #17” [sic] by H. J. Hornbeck.


Mrs.
n.  a married woman’s title.


Ms.
n.  a woman’s title, regardless of marital status; a feminist term of address.


mssgs.
n.  messages, written in Roger Bacon’s all-consonant secret code (devised in 1250), as discussed in The Voynich Manuscript by Gerry Kennedy.



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