Sphnx.

n.  the name of a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game.


n.  the name of a pop music band from the Seventies.

<As students at St. Bede’s Grammar School in Bradford, United Kingdom, Terry Uttley, the only founding member left in the new ‘Smokie’ group, teamed up with his musical friends, Chris Norman and Alan Silson, to form a group named ‘The Yen,’ which was later changed to ‘The Sphnx.’  —Joel Savage, Blogcritics.com>

splp.

n.  the sound of a bare foot walking through mud, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.

splsh.

n.  the beat of a boat’s oars upon furious ocean waves; see also plsh, pltt.

<Splsh!  Splt!  Elgo stood beside Reynor, both on the same oar, corded muscles standing out in bold relief as they hove the blade to a furious beat, working synchronistically.  —Dennis L. McKiernan, Dragondoom.>

splt.

n.  a splashing sound, as in Dragondoom by Dennis L. McKiernan; see splsh.

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