Msss.

n.  Miss, as in the novel Doona by Anne McCaffrey; see also Mssss.

<I would have moments when I couldn’t wait for the year to end, and a call from a student of “Msss. Spraaague,” would make me cringe.  —Daniel Liston, Teaching, Learning, and Loving: Reclaiming Passion in Educational Practice.> <I suggest you have a similar word with our Msss Drummond.  —Irvine Welsh, Filth.>

Mssss.

n.  Miss; see also Msss.

<He tells me curtly that Mssss Drummond is no longer lead officer on the case.  —Irvine Welsh, Filth.>

mssst.

n.  an audible shudder.

<“Well, mssst, thank you, Cezer.”  She shuddered visibly.  “The mere thought of  being held as a ‘guest’ by that loathsome creature is enough to curdle milk.”  —Alan Dean Foster, Kingdoms of Light.>

Mzzz.

n.  Ms, used to “avoid the Ms./Mrs. quandry” (Susan Isaacs, Long Time No See); see also Mzzzz, Mzzzzz, Mzzzzzz.

<He’d wanted to have a go at Mzzz Middleton from their first interview, but he was too careful for that.  —James Patterson, Pop Goes the Weasel.> <She shook her head.  “Not Mzzz.  I’m Dr. Taylor.  —Torey Hayden, Just Another Kid.>

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