The Bliss of Ms. Blossom

I am reading Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi, and she mentions how the Harvard psychologist Richard Herrnstein "...predicted that the genius pool would shrink by nearly 60 percent and the population with IQs under seventy would swell by a comparable amount, because 'brighter' women were neglecting their reproductive duties to chase after college degrees and careers - and insisting on using birth control. 'Sex comes first, the pains and cost of pregnancy and motherhood later,' he harumphed."

So much going on here besides blatant sexism: classicism, xenophobia (Herrnstein's worried this will harm the US's global standing), etc, but what really gets me is the word "harumphed."

Such a great word! Considering all the harumphers I know (mainly Dad and Sara), I should be using it a lot more often. For some reason it reminds me of Winnie the Pooh... was there a similar word in those stories? What are those creatures Tigger is afraid of?

[frantically searching online...]

HEFFALUMPS!