ngh.

interj.  a grunt of “abdominal pain, like the kind caused by sodomy” in pornographic prose, as discussed in The Florence King Reader by Florence King; see NNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH.


interj.  a noncommittal response.

<“Crowley, it’s me!”  “Ngh.”  The voice was horribly noncommittal.  —Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens.>

interj.  a retch brought on by the odor of a sewage river in Jackie Disaster: A Novel by Eric Dezenhall.


interj.  a scream of surprise, as in the novel Clamp School Paranormal Investigators by Tomiyuki Matsumoyo.


n.  a groan signifying an urgent need to urinate, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.


n.  laughter, as in Warrior Woman: The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief by Dark Rain and James Alexander Thom.

ngh chnc.

n.  “no chance,” as mumbled in answer to the question “would [you] ever want to leave high school with a year and a half left, to live the glamorous and lucrative life of a touring golf pro” spoken by someone “eating a turkey, cheese, bacon, Hershey’s syrup and Ruffles BBQ potato chip sandwich at the time” (Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Golfer’s Soul, The 2nd Round: 101 More Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter on the Links).

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