phooey
[ foo-ee ]
/ ˈfu i /
interjection Informal.
(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust): Phooey on all those political promises!
Origin of phooey
1925–30,
Americanism; perhaps < German
pfui! expression of disgust, conflated with English
phoo! with similar force
Words nearby phooey
phonotypy,
phony,
phony disease,
phony war,
phony-baloney,
phooey,
phorate,
phorbol,
phorcys,
phoresis,
phoresy
British Dictionary definitions for phooey
phooey
/ (ˈfuːɪ) /
interjection
informal
an exclamation of scorn, contempt, disbelief, etc
Word Origin for phooey
C20: probably variant of
phew