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MkzdK.
n.  the psychedelic artwork of painter Stephen Miller.

<My guess is that MkzdK is one of the more popular individual, and individualistic creations on the Net.  —Stephen Williamson, “The Magician of MkzdK: An Interview With Stephen Miller.”>

mlg.
n.  a primeval sound “upon which the very landscape was founded,” as in Stan McDaniel’s novel The Letterseeker.

<“MLG,” said the stone softly. ... Then it came again. “MLG, MLG,” a series of distant gurgles.  —Stan McDaniel, The Letterseeker.>

mm.
adv.  an affirmative answer.

<Did you?  Hynes asked.  Mm, Mr Bloom said.  —James Joyce, Ulysses.>

<“You seem to have trouble concentrating lately.”  “Mm.”  —Steven Sherrill, The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break: A Novel.>

n.  a hum to fill a pause while thinking; see also mm-mm.

<If you’re in any doubt as to whether or not he’s made a joke, look at me.  I’ll... mm, tap my forefinger.  —Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere.>

n.  a sad, tearful murmur, as in the comic book The Wings of Cranes and Eagles by Kaichi Satake.ul



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