poo-poo
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
idioms
Etymology
Origin of poo-poo
1970–75; expressive formation; poop 2
Example Sentences
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Many years ago, perhaps around that same time Albright made a cameo appearance in Rory Gilmore's dreams, Barrymore announced to the planet, “I don't want to be stinky poo-poo girl, I want to be happy flower child.”
From Salon
Explaining this to be the one charge that brought the Espionage Act into the mix, he goes on to poo-poo the rest as being easily defeated on "legal and factual grounds."
From Salon
“This bicycle,” it begins, in a fit of preschool pique, “is such a poo-poo vehicle.”
From New York Times
At one point, she gravely told a roomful of her colleagues: “It’s going to take time to clean up the poo-poo they’re making, literally and figuratively, in the Capitol.”
From Washington Post
How to deal with the poo-poo, so Congress could do its duty.
From Washington Post
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