Mmhm vs Exclamation - What's the difference?
mmhm | exclamation |
* 1960 , American Psychological Association, Journal of Experimental Psychology
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; – also called an exclamation point.
As an interjection mmhm
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.As a noun exclamation is
a loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.mmhm
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Such errors, since they precede the first reinforcement of a correct response by "mmhm ," do not depend on the reinforcement value of "mmhm"...