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- interjection an exclamation indicating
disagreement orrejection of anargument ;contempt
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Examples
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The notes to this tell me no no no carnation, pfui but your review whispers yes yes yes.
Adieu Sagesse Marina Geigert 2008
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Granted the vast majority would rather boil in oil along with the fried fish rather than ever vote Republican (pfui!) it was still unsettling, to put it mildly, to see them categorically dismiss the evidence suggesting that President Obama would not be good for Israel and the Jewish people.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Granted the vast majority would rather boil in oil along with the fried fish rather than ever vote Republican (pfui!) it was still unsettling, to put it mildly, to see them categorically dismiss the evidence suggesting that President Obama would not be good for Israel and the Jewish people.
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Granted the vast majority would rather boil in oil along with the fried fish rather than ever vote Republican (pfui!) it was still unsettling, to put it mildly, to see them categorically dismiss the evidence suggesting that President Obama would not ...
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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I was almost interested in seeing it again Thursday, but I came home too late and the one person I might have called was almost certainly busy, so pfui.
preparation is the key to successful improvisation: The Prestige redux badger 2006
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At this age also the power of making propositions advanced considerably, as was shown, for instance, by the following sentence on seeing milk spilt upon the floor: "Mime atta teppa papa oï," which was equivalent to "Milch fort (auf den) Teppich, Papa (sagte) pfui!"
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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Instead of "Jawohl," the child almost invariably says _wolja_; for "Licht" _list_ and _lists_; for "Wasser," _watja_ still as before; for "pfui" he repeats, when he has been awkward, _ [= u] i_, and often adds a _pott_ or _putt_ in place of
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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Although, knowing their treasonous lefty defeatist ways, I am sure they will welcome the landing Hezbollah with flower garlands and Joan Baez songs ... pfui ...
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Although, knowing their treasonous lefty defeatist ways, I am sure they will welcome the landing Hezbollah with flower garlands and Joan Baez songs ... pfui ...
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_pfui_! only so far as you will aid the realization of his ambition.
The Son of Clemenceau Alexandre Dumas fils 1859
oroboros commented on the word pfui
First saw this in the Rex Stout Nero Wolfe mysteries. It's dectective Wolfe's apparently preferred form of expressing disapproval and dismissal, i.e., "bullpuckey!"
February 2, 2007