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pooh-pooher

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pooh-pooh

  [poo-poo]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly: He pooh-poohed all their superstitious fears.
–verb (used without object)
2. to express disdain or contempt.
Also, poo-poo.

Origin:
1820–30; v. use of redupl. of pooh 1

Related forms:
pooh-pooher, noun
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poo(h)-poo(h) [ˈpuˈpu]

  1. tv.
    to belittle someone or something. : He tends to pooh-pooh things he doesn't understand.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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