The dawn of a new era of openness?Humph.
Sometimes he would humph, sometimes tut-tut, but he was always busy and never took a lunch hour: which was one good reason that the overworked internal-security staff decided that he was a Russian spy.
He has not forgiven me and every time I pass him in the street, he raises his hat and utters nothing more salutary than "humph!" This wine would, I suspect, have something in common with the M&S specimen.
Thommo gets the Humph Before he dashed off, Thommo got to hear the barbed intro to John Humphrys' speech: "If you're wondering why there are so many BBC people here, they're all thinking 'If they've invited me to this, then they're not going to sack me'".
Of course, most of us blithely wave the matter away; 'they're just games,' we humph, before turning back to our controllers.
Hens: 'Do I want to be a dolphin?' KEEPING-IT-REAL COLLOQUIALISMS Bridget Jones: ugh, oops, humph, gagging, hmmm, goody, git, sod, aargh.
Even some of his closest confidants feel snubbed by him, and now mention Pat Robertson's name only with a humph.
When he was satisfied, he handed my passport back to me saying, "You don't speak French, humph!" I was full of rage.
Humph, said the northerners.
May 23 , 1921Eton, England April 25 , 2008London, England Humphrey Lyttelton, byname Humph (born May 23 , 1921 Eton, Eng. died April 25 , 2008 London) British trumpeter, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer who was the leading force in English jazz for more than 50 years.
