pooh-poohed

• Frontiersman editorial wrote, "We still don't understand how someone can be claiming to keep her campaign promises when she pooh-poohed the complexities of city government, then hired a deputy city administrator to help her." —  WordPress.com News
• Richards also pooh-poohed ex Charlie Sheen's objections to including their two young daughters -- Sam, 4, and Lola, 2 -- on the reality show. —  Dose.ca Celeb News
• A more reliable proposition for the runner-up berth is probably Big Zeb whose chance has been pooh-poohed in many quarters but whose profile, prior to his spill last time, was of a chaser very much going the right way.
• This is the position taken by Arab "moderates" such as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose doctoral dissertation pooh-poohed the figure of 6 million dead Jews ( "no one can verify this number") while expressing great concern that "the German people sacrificed 10 million" - implying that the killers suffered more than their victims. —  Latest Articles
• Tom Insel, NIMH director, pretty much pooh-poohed the psychotherapy results, telling the paper, "We find most people would rather just take a pill." told the AP this: "I hope I don't have a stroke, but if I do, I would certainly want to be placed on an antidepressant." —  Furious Seasons

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