an exclamation expressing doubt, skepticism, or dismissal
An onomatopoeia—a word that imitates the sound it represents. It emerged from the natural sound people make when they're unimpressed or suspicious about something.
Interjections like 'humph' are completely unique across languages and cultures—a 'humph' of doubt in English might sound like 'hmm' or 'bah' in other languages, and people instinctively know what they mean without translation!
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