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Vinony

pooh-pooh

verb

  1. to express contempt or impatience
  2. to express contempt for or make light of
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌpuːˈpuː/ / /ˈpuˈpu/

verb

Etymology: From a reduplication of pooh (“an utterance of the word pooh”).

  1. To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.

    “[W]hen he went abroad with Dombey and was chasing that vagabond up and down France, J. Bagstock would have pooh-pooh'd you—would have pooh-pooh'd you, Sir, by the Lord!”

    “In England, until very late days, we have been accustomed rather to pooh-pooh national Orders, to vote ribbons and crosses tinsel gewgaws, foolish foreign ornaments, and so forth.”