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phooey

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used to express disgust
  • phooey, I can't believe we did so poorly in the rankings of the best places to live

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The first known use of phooey was in 1919

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“Phooey.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phooey. Accessed 5 December 2019.

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