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nff.
n.  a sigh of frustration, as when trying to secure a candle in a holder in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.


nfff.
adj.  enough; see also ‘nff.

<Colleges have to get more proactive — nfff said!  —Gnote3138, University of Alberta “Inclusion Archives.”>

adv.  yes; an affirmative answer spoken by someone who can’t be bothered to respond civilly.

<“Has your lordship got everything he requires?”  “Nfff,” said Nobby.  —Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay.>

Ng.
n.  a Vietnamese name.

<Ng himself, or at least Ng’s avatar, is a small, very dapper Vietnamese man in his fifties.  —Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash.>

ng’h.
n.  the practice of mental control over another in the novel The FarCall by RedTurtle.


ngggggh.
n.  a grunt of physical exertion, as when tugging a heavy box in Arthur and the Comet Crisis by Marc Brown.



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