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pooh-pooh

British pronunciation/pˈuːpˈuː/
American pronunciation/pˈuːpˈuː/
to pooh-pooh
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

reject with contempt

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2

express contempt about

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Examples
1If you're kinda on the cosmopolitan coast of the country or some of those like blue dot college towns it's very easy to pooh-pooh.
2We pooh-pooh the pooh-poohing because we think small talk is actually a very safe, nonthreatening way to establish really important visual, nonverbal information about ourselves.
3Before you even pooh-pooh on the idea of turning a mall into living spaces, it's already been done before in Providence, Rhode Island, and they've had ultimate success.
4I have to say that I don't know that My Son Jack 'S comedy is FAMILY-FRIENDLY, because there is a lot of POOH-POOH.
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