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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--pooh-pooh This week's theme: reduplicatives. pooh-pooh (poo-poo) verb tr., intr. To express contempt for; to make light of; to dismiss. [Reduplicative of pooh (sound made by blowing something away with lips), an exclamation of disdain or disbelief.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "'Nothing of this sort ever happened,' says Sabya while pooh-poohing the rumour." Mandvi Sharma; Manish-Sabya Feud is Just a Rumour; The Times of India (New Delhi); Nov 20, 2006. X-Bonus Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game. -Paul Rodriguez

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