Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express disgust, disbelief, or contempt.
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- interjection An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I only bring it up because I keep coming across panels in comic books and comic strips that use the word "phooey" that I can't help but think "wow, that would have been good to use on a band flyer."
Archive 2005-05-08 2005
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By the way, the index in The Complete Peanuts does list all occurrences of the word "phooey" and its variant, "fooey".
Archive 2005-05-08 2005
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By the way, the index in The Complete Peanuts does list all occurrences of the word "phooey" and its variant, "fooey".
Archive 2005-05-08 2005
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I only bring it up because I keep coming across panels in comic books and comic strips that use the word "phooey" that I can't help but think "wow, that would have been good to use on a band flyer."
Archive 2005-05-08 2005
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All that Republican non-sense about home ownership improving communities, phooey.
Discourse.net: University of Miami Law School Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships 2009
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Argument rages, but most of it is self-serving phooey.
Yet again, a chance to rein in the bankers has been squandered | Will Hutton 2011
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On the other hand, oh phooey … middle eastern politics drive us all mad …. kactuz
Global Voices in English » Afganistan: Is Iran Supporting the Taliban? 2009
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And phooey on Ebay for even thinking it was okay to sell ARCs!
kateelliott: Contest Winner and Apologies kateelliott 2009
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Any objections to Kagan based on her opposition to DADT are phooey.
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It was an ape, not a monkey. deathmetalhero awesome! mangoshakes yeah i also love Routh. he's actually a draw for me if he'd get some meaty movie roles. also, i dig the cgi costume too. though i wonder if it'll be half cgi with the mo-cap suit acting as a "base". and phooey i thought it'd be cool if nathan fillion got the martin jordan role. that'd be funny.
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