pfuiint.
/ˈ(p)fuːi/, U.S. /ˈ(p)fui/ Chiefly in representations of German speech: used as an emphatic expression of contempt, disgust, or cursory dismissal. Cf. phoo int.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
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how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
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yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
1838 Penny Satirist 8 Dec. 1/5 ‘How are you provided with drink?’—‘Oh, sir, plenty of brandy and rum, Hollands and gin, bottled ale and porter.’ ‘Pfui, pfui! fie, fie! that will not do for us, we are determined to drink nothing else but wine.’
1866 C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest I. x. 206 Christina heard Friedel say..‘I think I shall be a priest, Ebbo.’ To which Ebbo only answered, ‘Pfui!’
1908 E. M. Forster Room with View viii. 138 Honeychurch has left a bone in it. ‘Pfui!’
1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 6 The plays are good... What about your good plays? Whose good? Pfui to your goodness!
1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains iv. 52 You men are all alike; from seventeen to seventy... Pfui! I'm surprised at you.
1972 Human World May 96 Brutal to give a little girl a doll? Brutal to bring children up? Pfui! Not all the madmen are in the madhouses.
1993 D. A. Smith In Cube ix. 130 Pfui... I think I shall have you arrested after all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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