NHGH.

(also NhGh.)  n.  a mischievous and terrifying demon, whose duty it is “to mete out wars and rumors of wars, and dreams of wars, and fears of wars, and a peace which is like unto Hell,” as taught by the Church of the SubGenius in Revelation X and The Book of the SubGenius: Being the Divine Wisdom, Guidance, and Prophecy of J. R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs, High Epopt of the Church of the SubGenius, Here Inscribed for the Salvation of Future Generations and in the Hope that Slack May Someday Reign on this Earth.

<As soon as I collected my brain cells and began to speak, I instantly felt the presence of NhGh.  It felt as though it mounted itself on the back of my neck and began to have it’s way with my right ear, then my left ear.  It was very distracting and I found it difficult to rant about anyting [sic].  I was cold and people weren’t listening or giving me any money.  But I went on.  —Reverend Sinphaltimus Exmortus, “First Ever Digital Church of Mind Slack.”>

nhhh.

n.  a “peculiar noise of indecision” (Christine Vachon, Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter); see also nnnn.

nhhkhhhh hhh.

n.  the sound of a laugh, as transcribed in Interaction and Grammar by Elinor Ochs.

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