that's "onomatopoeiae"

[jedusor]

Mike: *mutters something while putting a cup on the coffee table*
Me: What?
Mike: I said, "place." It's the noise of putting a cup on a table.
Me: Really now.
Mike: Yup. It's one of them onomatopoeias. Like when a judge sends a jury out by themselves, and he hits the gavel, and it goes SEQUESTER.

Comments

[rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com]

OK, now I wanna use ONOMATOPOEIAE in a crossword because it ends in five vowels.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

That "sequester" line is fabulous. To quote Bob Dylan, "The wind howls like a hammer..."

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnsoundEffect

[ertchin.livejournal.com]

I installed an onomatopoeiae system once. Worthless--every time you tried to talk on it, it just issued a bunch of buzzing, crackling, and humming.