interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation of disdain or contempt.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “pooh.”
Origin:
1595–1605
1595–1605
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verb (used with object)
poop4.
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Word Origin & History
pooh
1593, "a 'vocal gesture' expressing the action of puffing anything away" [OED], first attested in Hamlet Act I, Scene III, where Polonius addresses Ophelia with, "Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl, / Unsifted in such perilous circumstance. / Do you believe his tenders, as you call them?"
But the "vocal gesture" is perhaps ancient. Among the many 19th century theories of the origin of language was the Pooh-pooh theory (1860), which held that language grew from natural expressions of surprise, joy, pain, or grief. The slang reduplicated verb pooh-pooh "to dismiss lightly and contemptuously" is attested from 1827. Pooh as baby-talk for "excrement" is from 1950s (cf. poop (n.2)).
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Example sentences
It is fashionable to pooh-pooh the trade deficit as being a largely meaningless statistic.
Still, modern designers of light-displacement boats often pooh-pooh the sturdy qualities of traditional boats.
The human brain seems to be built to pooh-pooh human pheromones.
And, he says, it's worthwhile to go see a world wonder even when others may pooh-pooh it.
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