n. a shorthand notation used by musician Gustav Mahler in his manuscripts “to identify [thematic] elements that he would repeat or rework later in the compositional process” (James L. Zychowicz, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony).
n. the name of a character in the novel The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
<Half an hour later, Mr. Aaa, seated in his library sipping a bit of electric fire from a metal cup, heard the voices outside in the stone causeway. —Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles.>
AAA.
n. the ringing of an alarm clock.
<AAA! AAA! AAA! AAA! AAA! My alarm clock screamed at me to get up. —Bobby Bradley, “The Young Writer's Club: StoryBook No. 1203.”>
aaa.
n. the sound of the letter a, “like a screaming person” described in the Ponca City Public Schools curriculum; see also aaaa.
aaa-eee.
n. a baby’s first mutterings, as discussed in Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the Road of New Motherhood by Lu Hanessian.
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