Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express disdain or disbelief.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An exclamation of dislike, scorn, or contempt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Expression of
dismissal orcontempt . - interjection Used when encountering an unpleasant smell.
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Examples
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Just hopped by to baking obsession and am totally in love with those wonderful cakkeys …. .the winnie de pooh is awesome …. am so in love ….
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Trying to convince people that a steaming pile of pooh is actually a souffle can't be an easy job .... but at least he does not have to come up with the program – chairman limbaigh takes care of that part for the rnc these days. tee
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The various civil actions that must follow will enmesh BA up to their eyeballs in pooh for ages to come. perhaps they might like to try competing with the likes of Ryanair and Easyjet for a change instead of using their preferential position at Heathrow to cheat their customers.
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The various civil actions that must follow will enmesh BA up to their eyeballs in pooh for ages to come. perhaps they might like to try competing with the likes of Ryanair and Easyjet for a change instead of using their preferential position at Heathrow to cheat their customers.
Archive 2007-07-29 2007
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Of course the scoffers again pooh-poohed the idea that any nations could be found willing to conclude such treaties; but those who ridiculed have been again put to shame, for within the last twelve months, thirteen treaties have been concluded between various nations.
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Well, the last pooh-pooh is on them: It turns out we’re already cutting emissions in the United States.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Are CO2 Initiatives Already Working? 2009
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Ahh, I am so looking forward to 2006 because this guy just can't make it through a week without stepping in pooh.
09/07/2005 2005
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The most they can claim is that they may have stopped some cops from getting hit with pooh, which is gross, but it is not really all that dangerous.
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nashe - wooooo. it wasn't even intentional.. it just happened :P chef - winnie the pooh is the best!
Cafe Writing: Anticipate floreta 2009
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In fact, I kind of pooh-poohed it for a while, telling myself that they weren't working as hard as I if at the end of the day they didn't collapse in exhaustion in front of the TV.
Archive 2006-02-01 ScienceWoman 2006
oroboros commented on the word pooh
Hoop in reverse.
November 17, 2007
kewpid commented on the word pooh
A bear-like critter that loves hunny.
November 17, 2007