mnh-mnh

English

Interjection

mnh-mnh

  1. Alternative form of mm-mm.
    • 1975, Laurraine Goreau, chapter 19, in Just Mahalia, Baby, Waco, Tex.: Word Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 110–111:
      “Okay, legitimate theatre, then—I can get you $10,000 a week, playing legitimate theatre.” / “Mnh-mnh. Put up all kind of music there. I don’t even go in no theatre.”
    • 1994 August 2, Bill Plunkett, “When these 2 sides get together, players strike”, in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., →OCLC, page D1:
      The owners want to cram a salary cap down the players’ collective (bargaining) throat. The players fold their arms and, through tightly sealed lips, say, “Mnh-mnh.” Now that’s negotiating.
    • 2004, Diane McKinney-Whetstone, chapter 7, in Leaving Cecil Street, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 107:
      [P]eople our age, generally, she won't touch. Mnh-mnh, doesn't want the responsibility if the procedure were to go bad.
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