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shhwfff.
n.  the sound of a brassiere being whisked out from beneath one’s clothing, as in the comic book Mystic #39 by Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan.


shksp-p-p-p.
n.  a sound made by a six-month-old baby, as described in the novel Edwin Mullhouse by Steven Millhauser.


shlgg.
n.  a noncommittal mutter, as in the story “Potch” by Leo Rosten (anthologized in A Passion for Books: A Book Lover’s Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books by Harold Rabinowitz).


shllkrr.
n.  a copper-red metal in Stan McDaniel’s novel The Letterseeker.

<The hair of Gretta Hunterchief, friend Threescar, is as red as beaten shllkrr in the firelight.  —Stan McDaniel, The Letterseeker.>

shlp.
n.  the gruesome sound of intestines falling out of a rotten corpse, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.


shlt.
n.  the sound of a needle-like tongue spearing someone’s neck, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.



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