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hum-buzz en · NOUN
Meanings
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(onomatopoeic) A low, continuous, droning sound (like a bee or an idling engine), often indicating a mechanical or electrical noise.
[...] you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms [...]
2019 May 12, 4chan, /x/, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2024:Speaking so quietly I was confident the ambient hum-buzz and the trio of phone conversations would keep anyone farther than a foot away from eavesdropping.
2007 June 14, Vajra, Ragna, Analog 1960-2008:
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Hubbub; busy activity or excitement.
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Synonyms
hubbub · hum · buzz