If you are clearing your throat to draw attention I would use ahem (hem). If you are clearing your throat to get rid of mucus I would use hawk. You would hawk a loogie. And if you had no manners you would say, "ahem" to get everyone's attention before hand.
convention. In writing, ahem is used to show that someone is being ironic. Ahem is also used to show that someone wants to get another person's attention.
Yes, ahem is in the scrabble dictionary.
ahem Sentence Examples
- "Ahem, I'm right here," said Margaret, reminding the couple that she was in their presence.
- Justin began his speech by letting out an "ahem" to clear his throat.
- Since Julie was timid, she simply said, "Ahem, you forgot something," when Tim left his book behind.
The use of "cough" as opposed to "ahem" seems to be fairly modern, but ahem is an onomatopoeia (a word that replicates or nearly replicates a sound that it represents) for throat clearing.
ahem. Use the interjection ahem when you want to get someone's attention in a low-key way. In addition to getting attention, saying ahem can also express disapproval, embarrassment, or hesitation.
a•hem. interj. (used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.) ahem - the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
Pansexual (38) and Omnisexual (39) are “terms used to describe people who have romantic, sexual or affectionate desire for people of all genders and sexes.” Polyamory (40) “denotes consensually being in/open to multiple loving relationships at the same time.
71 72 (ekattar battar) refers to the movement of a woman's butt cheeks when one is looking at her from the rear.
With the angel number 69, the angels are reminding you to try to detach yourself from attachment to material things and people who don't serve your highest good. The message of this angel number is to release the past and old to make space for new things and people to come into your life.
roof·ie. (ro͞′fē) Slang. A tablet of the sedative flunitrazepam.
The strange sexual position, where the male doesn't embrace the female, sees him straddle over her back with his hands holding onto nearby objects instead – such as leafs, branches or tree trunks.
