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pfui, int.
(ˈfuːɪ, ‖ ˈpfui)
[G.: cf. phoo int., phooey int. (n.)]
(Orig. in Germany or among German-speaking people) an exclamation of contempt or disgust. Hence pfuiteufel |ˈpfuːɪtɔɪfəl| [G. teufel devil], emphatically in same sense.
1866C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest I. x. 206 Christina heard Friedel say..‘I think I shall be a priest, Ebbo.’ To which Ebbo only answered, ‘Pfui!’ 1871Geo. Eliot in Macm. Mag. July 185 Pfui! The time was, I drank that home-brewed wine. 1920D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 6 The plays are good... What about your good plays? Whose good? Pfui to your goodness! 1922Joyce Ulysses 184 Out on't! Pfuiteufel! 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxxiii. 281 Pfui, my poor Pierre, you are a fool. 1935C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains iv. 52 You men are all alike; from seventeen to seventy... Pfui! I'm surprised at you. 1937Wyndham Lewis Blasting & Bombardiering 100 Why should one be asked to meet such people? It is absurd that a Bennett should be referred to, for anything except the time of a train or the cost of a bicycle lamp! Pfui! 1943E. M. Almedingen Frossia ii. 107, ‘I trusted you. Pfui,’ he spat on the paper-strewn floor. 1949R. Stout Second Confession xiii. 134 ‘I didn't get him to. As it says, he wrote and signed it of his own free will.’ ‘Pfui. I know what it says. But why should I believe that when I don't believe anything in it?’ 1966― Death of Doxy (1967) vi. 71 Pfui. A prodigy on a treadmill. Take him off. 1972Human World May 96 Brutal to give a little girl a doll? Brutal to bring children up? Pfui! Not all the madmen are in the madhouses. 1974Wodehouse Aunts aren't Gentlemen ix. 163, I don't mind criticism, but I will not endure vulgar abuse. ‘Pfui,’ I said. It is an expression I don't often use, but Nero Wolfe is always saying it with excellent results. |