The Stand, Part II: The Dreams

[Nick, meeting Tom Cullen, applauds his mannequin displays posed to replace the missing townspeople.]

Tom Cullen:
Thanks. Decoration is my hobby. M-O-O-N, that spells "hobby".

. . .

[While Nick is stymied trying to explain to an illiterate Tom that he's mute, Tom stares for a moment, then brightens.]

Tom Cullen:
I got it, Mister! I got it! You're just like old Albion Packalot's hired man! Tom Cullen knows what that is! M-O-O-O-N, that spells "deaf and dumb"!

. . .

[Tom frets to Nick about how everyone "up and went to Kansas City".]

Tom Cullen:
Everybody's… always talkin' about what a dull town this is, since the roller rink went bust. And there's just the drive-in theater out on Route 61, and… all they show is them diddly-daddly pictures, and they're all rated "X". M-O-O-N, that spells "X".