| 单词 | phooey |
| 释义 | phooey, int. (n.) orig. U.S.|ˈfuːɪ|
Also phooie.
[f. phoo int. + -y6, or ad. pfui int.]
An expression of strong disagreement with or disapproval of something said. Also as n., applied to the thing said: nonsense, ‘baloney’.
1929Sun (Baltimore) 11 July 11/1 Girls are described as weenies, janes, dames and broads. A mad-man is phooey, crackers or blooey. 1936O. Nash Primrose Path 185 And I'll say, ‘Phooie!’ or something of the sort. 1940R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xix. 95 ‘Ten o'clock at The Belvedere Club,’ I said. Somebody said: ‘Phooey’. 1946― Let. 29 Jan. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 45 So let's not have any more of that phooey about ‘as literature my stuff still stinks’. 1951J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge i. ii. 55 Oh phooey, Benny... This don't count as a drink. 1957J. Braine Room at Top x. 94 ‘Keep right on believing that, and it won't be long before I see your name in the Sunday papers.’ ‘Phooey,’ I said. ‘It's a simple straightforward transaction.’ 1967Boston Globe 30 Mar. 18/2 The governor's advisers, spoilsports, have said ‘Phooey’ to the technicalities. 1972R. Lockridge Something up Sleeve (1973) x. 135 The answer to that was simple. It was ‘Phooey!’ 1975A. Price Our Man in Camelot v. 94 ‘Oh—phooey.’ She scowled at him. |
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