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View synonyms for phooey
phooey
[ foo-ee ]
interjection
, Informal.
- (an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust):
Phooey on all those political promises!
phooey
/ ˈfuːɪ /
interjection
- informal.an exclamation of scorn, contempt, disbelief, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phooey1
An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30; perhaps from German pfui! expression of disgust, conflated with English phoo! with similar force
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phooey1
C20: probably variant of phew
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