phooey

[ foo-ee ]

/ ˈfu i /

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interjection Informal.

(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust): Phooey on all those political promises!

RELATED WORDS

exclamation, wow, amen, hello, alas, boo, hurrah, ahem, oh, whoopee, hooray, shucks, er, ouch, rah, ah, egad, golly, hey, huh

Nearby words

phonotypy, phony, phony disease, phony war, phony-baloney, phooey, phorate, phorbol, phorcys, phoresis, phoresy

Origin of phooey

1925–30, Americanism; perhaps < German pfui! expression of disgust, conflated with English phoo! with similar force

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British Dictionary definitions for phooey

phooey

/ (ˈfuːɪ) /

interjection

informal an exclamation of scorn, contempt, disbelief, etc

Word Origin for phooey

C20: probably variant of phew

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