nhv’’gv.

n.  the final stand in the time of the perdition as taught by Rev. Ivan Stang in 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.

Nkst.

n.  a populated place in Nigeria.

nn.

interj.  a response to the question “You tolkatiff scowegian?” in Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.


n.  a mumble of a dying person, as in The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman.


n.  a negative vocalization while one mentally berates someone “until the cows come home” (Inman Majors, Wonderdog).


n.  a sound that indicates one’s head is spinning, as noted by Lawrence Norfolk in the novel Lemprière’s Dictionary.


n.  the moan of a dead body reanimated by a wizard; see also nnnn.

<The eyes trembled and slackly opened.  “Nn,” said the corpse.  —Orson Scott Card, Hart’s Hope.>

nn nn nn.

interj.  the stuttering of someone having a seizure brought on by a camera flash, as in the comic “The Abduction Announcement” by Jason Little.

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