witchy-poo
n.— «I think the great majority of people don’t care to listen to Natural/Alternative Medicine because they have a stereotypical view of it as wishy-washy, earth-mother, granola, hippy, witchy-poo, etc.» —“ Breakthroughs Are Exploding—How Do You Keep Up?” by GinaVoce25 (Gina Aramburu) in Oak Harbor, Washington Mercola.com Apr. 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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