Pooh

[GreatGooglyMoogly]

Surely it is "poo"? I thought that the only time that "pooh" is a word is when it is "Winnie the Pooh"?

I am with you on that too.

That does my nut too.

pooh-poohed?

that can't be poo-pooed.

There is a thread title at the moment with the there/their mistake and it is sort of driving me nuts every time I see it.

We need a spell check for thread titles..

there's one with proffesional too

it's like squeaky chalk on a blackboard imo

have I proved that pooh-poohed exists btw?

No you have not proven anything

Quattro - you are right!
Apologies.

I don't have a dictionary around to look up pooh-poohed/ poo-pooed, but online it seems to be divided (wiktionary says poopooed; free dictionary says pooh-poohed).

But surely 'pooh' is the original spelling and 'poo' a recent variant? I know it was always written 'pooh' when I was a child (not that old - born '66).

My home dictionary, the Collins Third Edition, published 1991, doesn't list 'poo' at all - not even as a variant of 'pooh'.

This is the Collins definition of 'pooh':

1. An exclamation of disdain, contempt or disgust.
2. A childish word for faeces or defecate.

It defines 'pooh-pooh' as 'to express disdain or scorn for; dismiss or belittle.

I'd be interested to know when the spelling 'poo' became common.

That is interesting singersgirl. I've just found this too:

Oxford dictionary

I'm a bit now.