pooh-pooh
Example Sentences
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When we pooh-pooh the subjective, the love of the fans, we are giving power to people that already have it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023
“I used to pooh-pooh all that anxiety stuff and think you can get through this. And then I went through the divorce.”
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
When Utah announced its score drops, a top education official there didn’t pooh-pooh them.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022
On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2021
My grandfather is stunned into a momentary silence, then says, “Einstein published a long time ago, too. Are you gonna pooh-pooh him?”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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