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poo-poo

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[poo-poo, poo-poo] / ˈpuˌpu, ˈpuˈpu /

noun

Baby Talk.
  • poo-poos
    plural
  1. excrement; feces.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. pooh-pooh.

idioms

  1. make poo-poo, to defecate.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of poo-poo

1970–75; expressive formation; cf. poop 2

Example Sentences

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“I don’t think they’re poo-poo coins,” said Chris Kline, chief operating officer and co-founder of BitcoinIRA.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026

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 ● Jun. 10, 2023

But she worried aloud that “it could take time to clean up the poo-poo that they’re making all over — literally and figuratively.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

If you’re looking for someone in the know to poo-poo the Jaguars’ brutal start, you’d better look to someone other than Tim Tebow.

From Fox News ● Sep. 24, 2021

Anyway, Laura being Laura shouted out something like: “Tommy! You got poo-poo on your back! What have you been doing?”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

When someone posits that he could be targeted by the radical vigilante group targeting sexual abusers and predators known as Jennifer, Kitty poo-poos the possibility.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2018

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