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bah

American  
[bah, ba] / bɑ, bæ /

interjection

  1. (an exclamation of contempt or annoyance).

    Bah! Humbug!


bah British  
/ bɑː, bæ /

interjection

  1. an expression of contempt or disgust

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yet, Jefferson — like Monk himself and Everett before them — is clued into the big catch: It’s impossible to write about not wanting to write about race without, bah, writing about race.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023

From observing him down the years, he appears to have a couple of go-to’s - a cor blimey guv’nor cockney one and an ee, bah gum Yorkshire one.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2021

It's the country where the character Ebenezer Scrooge was invented, the man who would scoff "bah humbug" at any Christmas revellers.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2017

"College Football" is back, rah rah sis boom bah, etc.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2014

Ah, bah, have you heard nothing of the new order?

From Angelot A Story of the First Empire by Price, Eleanor C. (Eleanor Catherine)

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