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PSHAW
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2011/04/24 - 1:36pm
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My grandmother often used this expression (Pshaw) ... to denote a feeling similar to what one might express in saying "oh phooey". Do you know ... if this is a "word" with a particular "word"derivation or is it more a sort of phonetic spelling of an expletive sound....

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2011/04/24 - 8:06pm
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The OED says the latter ("Imitative. Compare shoo int.1, shoo int.2, pah int., pish int., etc").

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