pooh-pooh

variants also pooh

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pooh-pooh LaRoche tried to pooh-pooh the notion, and certainly did not wish Agent McGee to alarm his wife. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025 But weather forecasters typically pooh-pooh their predictions. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 But weather forecasters typically pooh-pooh their predictions. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 National Weather Service debunks woolly bear forecasting abilities Of course, the National Weather Service has come along to pooh-pooh the woolly bear's winter foresight, with its science and facts. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024 No wonder his officers pooh-pooh Haiti’s gangs as amateurs compared to their previous foes, like Al Shabaab – though the al Qaeda affiliate hasn’t been entirely vanquished back home in Kenya. Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024 Experts in the wind-power industry pooh-pooh such warnings. Peter Fairley, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010 Still others pooh-pooh the suggestion that British voters would make decisions at the ballot box based on the political direction of another country, even one as close and influential as the United States. Mark Landler, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooh-pooh
Verb
  • In a series of tweets, Charli XCX dismissed the controversy and defended her creative choices.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • Social media companies have already gotten several claims dismissed, including a claim of unjust enrichment, Goetz said, because Nazario failed to respond to them.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • New York Senator Julia Salazar, who was among the electeds observing hearings Thursday called for New Yorkers to reject what is happening inside lower Manhattan immigration courts.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
  • But her boss rejects her resignation, and offers her a new assignment: find Xavier, the mysterious kingpin whose power reaches all the way to the Oval Office.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • While Paladino’s nonsense was rightfully ignored, a letter from a member of the House majority to the AG may not be ignored, especially this AG, especially under this president.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
  • Those who depend on freewheeling and shoot-from-the-hip strategies and tactics to address a crisis are ignoring or disregarding fundamental crisis management best practices that favor a calm, deliberate, and thoughtful approach.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025

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“Pooh-pooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooh-pooh. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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