uuoooo.

n.  mesmerization induced by looking at a spiral, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.

uuu.

n.  an incoherent word (presumably you) spoken through a parched throat, just upon waking.

<He was startled, had let his head fall, sleepily, and he snapped awake, stood, saw the young man holding the door for him, and he tried to say something, his mouth dry and thick.  “Thnn uuu,” he said, and cleared his throat, stepped through the door.  —Jeffrey M. Shaara, Gods and Generals.>

Uuu.

n.  the name of a character with glowing yellow eyes in the novel The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

<Mr. Uuu clapped the captain’s shoulder.  “It’s so good to see another man from Earth.  I am from Earth also.”  —Ray Bradbury, The Marian Chronicles.>

uuu.

n.  the sound of the letter u, as described in Reading Made Easy: A Guide to Teach Your Child to Read by Valerie Bendt; see also UUUU.

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