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单词 pooey
释义

pooeyint.adj.

Brit. /ˈpuːi/, U.S. /ˈpui/
Forms: 1900s– pooey, 1900s– poohy, 1900s– pooy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pooh n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < pooh n. + -y suffix1. With use as interjection compare earlier pooh int., phooey int.
slang.
A. int.
An expression of distaste, revulsion, derision, or contempt, esp. used by or in imitation of children. Cf. pooh int., phooey int.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection]
prut?c1300
trutc1330
truptc1380
ahaa1400
tushc1440
puff1481
quotha?1520
ah?1526
ta ha1528
twish1577
blurt1592
gip1592
pish1592
tantia1593
(God) bless (also save) the mark1593
phah1593
marry come up1597
mew1600
pooh1600
marry muff1602
pew waw1602
ptish1602
pew1604
push1605
pshaw1607
tuh1607
pea1608
poh1650
pooh pooh1694
hoity-toity1695
highty-tighty1699
quoz?1780
indeed1834
shuck1847
skidoo1906
suck1913
zut1915
yah boo1921
pooey1927
ptui1930
snubs1934
upya1941
yah boo sucks1980
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > expression of displeasure [interjection]
pooey1927
1927 Port Arthur (Texas) News 5 Aug. 4/4 Like bubbles, troubles come and go... We see one, and we prick it—..And pooey! Gone flooey! It never comes again.
1932 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 30 July 7 Half-pint skippers like him ain't nothin' to me. Pooey!
1951 N. Mailer Barbary Shore xxvi. 250 Monina..was playing a game with McLeod's shoe. ‘Pooey, pooey, pooey,’ she said aloud and giggled.
1975 J. Ross They don't dance Much vii. 79 ‘Oh, pooey,’ Lola said. She looked over her shoulder and smiled at me.
1986 Los Angeles Times 21 Sept. (Calendar section) 61/1 ‘Who cares if she looks wrong as long as she sounds right?’ ‘I'm afraid I care.’ ‘Pooey,’ said Leopold.
2003 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. (Nexis) 8 Sept. b1 He talks about reduced funding and regrets—poohy!
B. adj.
Chiefly British and Australian. Of, containing, or resembling excrement; disgusting, distasteful; smelly.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant
loatha700
unsweetc890
grimlyc893
unquemeOE
un-i-quemeOE
evila1131
sourc1175
illc1220
unhightlyc1275
unwelcomec1325
unblithec1330
unnetc1330
unrekena1350
unagreeablec1374
uncouthc1380
unsavouryc1380
displeasantc1386
unlikinga1398
ungaina1400
crabbedc1400
unlovelyc1400
displeasing1401
eschewc1420
unsoot1420
mislikinga1425
unlikelya1425
unlustya1425
fastidiousc1425
unpleasantc1430
displicable1471
unthankfulc1475
displeasant1481
uneasy1483
unpleasinga1500
unfaring1513
badc1530
malpleasant?1533
noisome1542
thanklessa1547
ungrate1548
untoothsome1548
ungreeable1550
contrary1561
disagreeable1570
offensible1575
offensive1576
naughty1578
delightlessa1586
undelightful1585
unwisheda1586
unpleasurable1587
undelightsomec1595
dislikeful1596
disliking1596
ungrateful1596
unsweet?a1600
distastive1600
impleasing1602
distasting1603
distasteful1607
unsightly1608
undelectable1610
disgustful1611
unrelishing1611
waspisha1616
undeliciousa1618
unwished-for1617
disrelishing1631
unenjoyed1643
unjoyous1645
mirya1652
unwelcomed1651
unpleasivea1656
sweet1656
injucund1657
insuave1657
unpalatable1658
unhandsome1660
undesirable1667
disrelishablea1670
uncouthsome1684
shocking1703
nasty1705
embittering1746
indelectable1751
undelightinga1774
nice and ——1796
unenjoyablea1797
ungenial1796
uncomplacent1805
ungracious1807
bitter1810
rotten1813
uncongenial1813
quarrelsome1825
grimy1833
nice1836
unrelished1863
bloody1867
unbewitching1876
ferocious1877
displeasurable1879
rebarbative1892
charming1893
crook1898
naar1900
peppery1901
negative1902
poisonous1906
off-putting1935
unsympathetic1937
piggy1942
funky1946
umpty1948
pooey1967
minging1970
Scrooge-like1976
sucky1984
stank1991
stanky1991
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [adjective]
stercorous1542
excremental1574
excrementitious1586
faecical1594
excrementous1600
turdyc1600
ordurous?1606
merdurinous1616
excrementious1636
stercorarious1656
stercorean1656
stercoreous1659
stercorary1664
stercorose1727
stercoraceous1731
stercoral1739
excremential1847
excrementitial1857
excretal1864
excretitiousc1865
excretory1878
fimetic1880
pooey1967
1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1303/2 Poohy,..pooey, lit. or fig., faecal; hence disgusting..since ca. 1935... Hence poohy! or pooey!, rubbish. Perhaps slightly influenced by U.S. phooey!
1986 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 24 Feb. Black! White! Pooy pink! Blood red! Ya, ya, green!!
1998 K. Lette Altar Ego xxxix. 322 Wake up and smell the pooey nappies, Kate. You hate children. Remember?
2003 Guardian (Nexis) 14 June (Guide Suppl.) 30 And what about the horrifying thought of losing your ticket and having to describe to the creche attendant that your child is ‘slightly balding, probably smells a bit pooey and chuckles if you tickle his tummy.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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