Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express disgust, disbelief, or contempt.
Wiktionary
- interj. An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
Etymologies
- Probably from Yiddish, from German pfui, influenced by phoo (Wiktionary)
Examples
“By the way, the index in The Complete Peanuts does list all occurrences of the word "phooey" and its variant, "fooey".”
“I only bring it up because I keep coming across panels in comic books and comic strips that use the word "phooey" that I can't help but think "wow, that would have been good to use on a band flyer.”
“On the other hand, oh phooey … middle eastern politics drive us all mad …. kactuz”
Global Voices in English » Afganistan: Is Iran Supporting the Taliban?
“Any objections to Kagan based on her opposition to DADT are phooey.”
“It was an ape, not a monkey. deathmetalhero awesome! mangoshakes yeah i also love Routh. he's actually a draw for me if he'd get some meaty movie roles. also, i dig the cgi costume too. though i wonder if it'll be half cgi with the mo-cap suit acting as a "base". and phooey i thought it'd be cool if nathan fillion got the martin jordan role. that'd be funny.”
“All that Republican non-sense about home ownership improving communities, phooey.”
Discourse.net: University of Miami Law School Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships
“Argument rages, but most of it is self-serving phooey.”
The Guardian: Yet again, a chance to rein in the bankers has been squandered | Will Hutton
“And phooey on Ebay for even thinking it was okay to sell ARCs!”
“As to your questions about the expression of information, well, phooey on you.”
“I often hear people say they can't grow roses without chemicals, and to them I say "phooey!”
The Huffington Post: Maria Rodale: Who Says You Can't Grow Roses Organically?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘phooey’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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All in a huff
ptui, pfui, shit, crap, dang, damn, shoot, phooey, balls, what the hell?, nertz
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Expressions of disbelief or disagreement
bollocks, come off it, rubbish, as if, bullshit, guff, i don't believe it, are you mad, tosh, nonsense, garbage, bunkum and 58 more...
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Nana Words
My Nana, that is.
piazza, warsh, slim, listen here, dickens, chrisapoo, mine, young man, young lady, waste paper basket, behave, parlor and 15 more...
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oh-eee-oh-eee-oh
words with oe that aren't:
plurals (tomatoes)
tenses (vetoed)
or compound latin thingies (electroencephalograph)amoeba, subpoena, throe, cooee, phoebe, goethe, oeuvre, pekoe, loess, sloe, canoe, phooey and 20 more...
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Things Your Angry Conservative Grandp...
codswallop, malarkey, hooey, blatherskite, tommyrot, gobbledegook, twaddle, fiddlesticks, balderdash, tosh, bunkum, poppycock and 5 more...
Tweets
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