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Added 9 October 2026

pooh-pooh

/ˌpuːˈpuː/ verb

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pooh-pooh at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Express contempt about.
Reject with contempt.
She spurned his advances

Origin

From a reduplication of pooh (“an utterance of the word pooh”).

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