phooey
Example Sentences
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The “can’t win the big one” thing is phooey.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022
Pardon our French, but phooey to all of that.
From Washington Times • Nov. 26, 2019
“I felt from the start this was an inside job. They have cameras everywhere, but when we asked the police to open an investigation they found nothing. I say phooey to that.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2019
So, I say to all you guys, phooey.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2016
They could phooey all night long for all I cared.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.