Related Clues:

• *Passive aggressive throat clear*
• *I'm coughing but I don't have to cough*
• Attention-getting utterance
• "If I may interject ... "
• Cousin of 'um'
• 'Aren't you forgetting something?'
• "May I get a word in?"
• "Pardon me . . ."
• Attention-seeker from area on border
• "Pardon me ... "
• Sound of a forced cough
• Throat-clearing noise?
• 'Pardon ...'
• 'I'd like to make a point ...'
• Breaking-in comment