English Explanatory Dictionary

-h

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to censor words.
  2. Used to form new words.

Word forms

-h

Etymology

An orthographic device that forces the preceding vowel to be read ‘short’: ⟨dih⟩ /dɪ/, ⟨bruh⟩ /bɹʌ/, etc. (not */da͡ɪ, bɹu/). Although the letter h has long been used ad-hoc for this purpose in English — see uh and meh — the practice of clipping content words to humorous effect took off as an Internet meme in 2025 and created a productive association between -h and such clippings.

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