pooh-poohv.

Brit.

/ˌpuːˈpuː/, U.S.

/ˈpuˈpu/

Forms: 1800s– pooh-pooh, 1800s– poo-pooh, 1900s– poo-poo.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pooh pooh int.

Etymology: < pooh pooh int.

transitive. To express contempt or disdain for; to ridicule. Also: to make light of; to dismiss as silly or unimportant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > vocally

hootc1175

tush1555

to make a tush at (or of)1600

pish1602

pooh-pooh1823

behoot1838

pshaw1848

pooh1858

phoo-phoo1865

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [noun]

gorec725

mixeOE

quedeeOE

turdeOE

dungOE

worthinga1225

dirta1300

drega1300

naturea1325

fen1340

ordurec1390

fimea1475

merd1486

stercory1496

avoidc1503

siegec1530

fex1540

excrement1541

hinder-fallings1561

gong1562

foil1565

voiding1577

pilgrim-salvec1580

egestion1583

shita1585

sir-reverence1592

purgament1597

filinga1622

faecesa1625

exclusion1646

faecality1653

tantadlin1654

surreverence1655

draught1659

excrementitiousness1660

jakes1701

old golda1704

dejection1728

dejecture1731

shitea1733

feculence1733

doll1825

crap1846

excreta1857

excretes1883

hockey1886

dejecta1887

job1899

number two1902

mess1903

ming1923

do1930

tomtit1930

pony1931

No. 21937

dog shit1944

Shinola1944

big job1945

biggie1953

doo-doo1954

doings1957

gick1959

pooh1960

pooh-pooh1962

dooky1965

poopy1970

whoopsie1973

pucky1980

jobbie1981

1823 Times 27 Dec. 3/5 Every body ‘pooh-poohs’ the pantomime: but every body goes to see it.

1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 332 He had poohpoohed her out of his memory.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. ix. 154 [They] pooh-poohed away every attempt at further enlargement of the suffrage.

1868 Putnam's Mag. June 652/1 In the midst of the lecture, enters one of the gentleman's young acquaintances, who poo-poohs all the arguments in the cause of virtue.

1893 Times 22 Apr. 12/1 Mr. Gladstone cannot pooh-pooh difficulties in Committee.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. x. 191 As for Foggartism, they didn't..pooh-pooh it.

1962 Hovering Craft & Hydrofoil Nov. 20/2 A few years ago most of us would have pooh-poohed the idea of a modern version of Jules Verne's atom-powered ‘Nautilus’, which has since become a reality several times over.

1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 5 Nov. a23 I used to poo-pooh the idea that Reagan made some deal with the Iranians.

2004 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 18 Sept. b1 It's a huge issue for them and one not to be dismissed lightly or poo-pooed.

Derivatives

pooh-ˈpooher n. a person who pooh-poohs something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > one who expresses contempt vocally

pooh-pooher1841

pooh-poohist1861

pooh pooh1867

pisher1901

the mind > language > [noun] > origin of language > theories of > adherent of

pooh-pooher1841

anomalist1854

nativist1924

1841 C. Dickens Let. 2 Apr. (1969) II. 249 The pooh-poohers and Lord Burleighs have it hollow, all the world through.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake iii. 498 The poohpooher old bossloose, with his arthurious clayroses..busted to the wurld at large.

1991 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 18 Dec. 14/2 I set out on a Wednesday night to prove the pooh-poohers, naysayers and ne'er-do-wells wrong.

† pooh-poohist n. Obsolete = pooh-pooher n.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > one who expresses contempt vocally

pooh-pooher1841

pooh-poohist1861

pooh pooh1867

pisher1901

1861 W. H. W[hite] in Rec. Astro-meteorol. Soc. No. i. 13 I mean the Pooh-poohists. These objectors..rear high their crests on the announcement of any novelty in practical science.

pooh-ˈpoohy adj. rare inclined to pooh-pooh things.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous > expressing contempt vocally

puffing1566

pooh-poohy1876

pooh-poohing1903

1876 H. Parry Diary in C. L. Graves Hubert Parry (1926) I. 169 Before the performance I met Otto Goldschmidt, and he was rather pooh-poohy about it.

1939 N. Mitford Let. 30 Oct. (1993) 89 The family were very pooh pooh-ey & thought it all great impertinence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pooh-pooh
释义	pooh-poohv. Brit. /ˌpuːˈpuː/, U.S. /ˈpuˈpu/ Forms: 1800s– pooh-pooh, 1800s– poo-pooh, 1900s– poo-poo. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pooh pooh int. Etymology: < pooh pooh int. transitive. To express contempt or disdain for; to ridicule. Also: to make light of; to dismiss as silly or unimportant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > vocally hootc1175 tush1555 to make a tush at (or of)1600 pish1602 pooh-pooh1823 behoot1838 pshaw1848 pooh1858 phoo-phoo1865 the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [noun] gorec725 mixeOE quedeeOE turdeOE dungOE worthinga1225 dirta1300 drega1300 naturea1325 fen1340 ordurec1390 fimea1475 merd1486 stercory1496 avoidc1503 siegec1530 fex1540 excrement1541 hinder-fallings1561 gong1562 foil1565 voiding1577 pilgrim-salvec1580 egestion1583 shita1585 sir-reverence1592 purgament1597 filinga1622 faecesa1625 exclusion1646 faecality1653 tantadlin1654 surreverence1655 draught1659 excrementitiousness1660 jakes1701 old golda1704 dejection1728 dejecture1731 shitea1733 feculence1733 doll1825 crap1846 excreta1857 excretes1883 hockey1886 dejecta1887 job1899 number two1902 mess1903 ming1923 do1930 tomtit1930 pony1931 No. 21937 dog shit1944 Shinola1944 big job1945 biggie1953 doo-doo1954 doings1957 gick1959 pooh1960 pooh-pooh1962 dooky1965 poopy1970 whoopsie1973 pucky1980 jobbie1981 1823 Times 27 Dec. 3/5 Every body ‘pooh-poohs’ the pantomime: but every body goes to see it. 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 332 He had poohpoohed her out of his memory. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. ix. 154 [They] pooh-poohed away every attempt at further enlargement of the suffrage. 1868 Putnam's Mag. June 652/1 In the midst of the lecture, enters one of the gentleman's young acquaintances, who poo-poohs all the arguments in the cause of virtue. 1893 Times 22 Apr. 12/1 Mr. Gladstone cannot pooh-pooh difficulties in Committee. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. x. 191 As for Foggartism, they didn't..pooh-pooh it. 1962 Hovering Craft & Hydrofoil Nov. 20/2 A few years ago most of us would have pooh-poohed the idea of a modern version of Jules Verne's atom-powered ‘Nautilus’, which has since become a reality several times over. 1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 5 Nov. a23 I used to poo-pooh the idea that Reagan made some deal with the Iranians. 2004 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 18 Sept. b1 It's a huge issue for them and one not to be dismissed lightly or poo-pooed. Derivatives pooh-ˈpooher n. a person who pooh-poohs something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > one who expresses contempt vocally pooh-pooher1841 pooh-poohist1861 pooh pooh1867 pisher1901 the mind > language > [noun] > origin of language > theories of > adherent of pooh-pooher1841 anomalist1854 nativist1924 1841 C. Dickens Let. 2 Apr. (1969) II. 249 The pooh-poohers and Lord Burleighs have it hollow, all the world through. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake iii. 498 The poohpooher old bossloose, with his arthurious clayroses..busted to the wurld at large. 1991 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 18 Dec. 14/2 I set out on a Wednesday night to prove the pooh-poohers, naysayers and ne'er-do-wells wrong. † pooh-poohist n. Obsolete = pooh-pooher n.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > one who expresses contempt vocally pooh-pooher1841 pooh-poohist1861 pooh pooh1867 pisher1901 1861 W. H. W[hite] in Rec. Astro-meteorol. Soc. No. i. 13 I mean the Pooh-poohists. These objectors..rear high their crests on the announcement of any novelty in practical science. pooh-ˈpoohy adj. rare inclined to pooh-pooh things. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous > expressing contempt vocally puffing1566 pooh-poohy1876 pooh-poohing1903 1876 H. Parry Diary in C. L. Graves Hubert Parry (1926) I. 169 Before the performance I met Otto Goldschmidt, and he was rather pooh-poohy about it. 1939 N. Mitford Let. 30 Oct. (1993) 89 The family were very pooh pooh-ey & thought it all great impertinence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1823
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