mfff.

interj.  help, as said with a mouth full of cookie.

<There was a woman who left her kitchen and headed for the back porch, with a cup of cocoa in each hand and cookie in her mouth.  Her sweater got caught on a splinter in the door frame.  With both hands occupied, she was unable to extricate herself.  With her mouth likewise occupied, she could not call for help.  She stood there, saying “Mfff” as loudly as she could, hoping someone would come.  Someone did, freeing her while asking why she hadn’t either chewed or dropped the cookie.  “Mfff,” she replied.  —Marvin Grosswirth, Match Wits With Mensa: The Complete Quiz Book.>

n.  a mumble to mask one’s sentimentality.

<The men [in the audience of a movie preview] are more sentimental in one way—that is, they will set there with tears streaming down their faces and will then come out and say, “Mfff.”  They won’t admit it, because they are more cynical or shy or think it unmanly to show their sentiment.  —Walt Disney, Quotable Walt Disney.>

n.  a quiet growl from a dog.

<I heard the pug call a muffled “mfff.”  —Pam Conrad, Stonewords: A Ghost Story.>

n.  the sleepy mumble of someone with a hangover; see also bmmf.

<“Mfff.”  He buried his face in the pillow and clutched for the warm, reassuring flesh that lay beside him in his dream.  —Whitney Lakin, A Paintbrush in the Devil’s Toolbox.>

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