pooh

phuː

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#1·17h ago

(euphemistic) : a minced oath for 'shit'.

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#2·17h ago

Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.

1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humor, iii, i, sig. iii:

Origin: Originally ("perhaps ancient" according to Online Etymology Dictionary) for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, onomatopoeic for the sound of flatulating and defecating, and by interjections of disgust similar to phew, pee-ew. Interjection for an unpleasant smell possibly linked to. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·17h ago

Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.

: I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh.

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