This week's theme: reduplicatives.

pooh-pooh (poo-poo) verb tr., intr.

   To express contempt for; to make light of; to dismiss.

[Reduplicative of pooh (sound made by blowing something away with lips),
an exclamation of disdain or disbelief.]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=pooh-pooh

-Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)

  "'Nothing of this sort ever happened,' says Sabya while pooh-poohing
   the rumour."
   Mandvi Sharma; Manish-Sabya Feud is Just a Rumour; The Times of India
   (New Delhi); Nov 20, 2006.

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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/pooh-pooh.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/pooh-pooh.ram

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