-poocomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; e.g. drinkiepoo Brit.

/ˈdrɪŋkɪpuː/, U.S.

/ˈdrɪŋkiˌpu/.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an arbitrary formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably an arbitrary formation.For earlier use in the proper name of a dog compare the following:1908 Republican News (Hamilton, Ohio) 28 Jan. 8/4 This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo.

Appended to words (often personal names) ending in (usually hypocoristic) -ie or -y, forming a term of endearment or denoting the speaker's playfulness or affectedness.

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1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 21 In politics he said he was a Conservative but everybody in Kinraddie knew that meant he was a Tory and the bairns of Strachan,..they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by.

1954 J. Kerouac Let. 2 July in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 428 Tell Allen to be Myshkin to Neal's Rogozin, not Edouard to Neal's poor Bernard. Nature come to pet poor billy poo?

1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Nov. 23/5 Captain Efficient, cool and precise..had himself a little drinkiepoo while the house fell down around him.

2002 W. Kennedy Roscoe 241 As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-poo
释义	-poocomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; e.g. drinkiepoo Brit. /ˈdrɪŋkɪpuː/, U.S. /ˈdrɪŋkiˌpu/. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an arbitrary formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably an arbitrary formation.For earlier use in the proper name of a dog compare the following:1908 Republican News (Hamilton, Ohio) 28 Jan. 8/4 This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Appended to words (often personal names) ending in (usually hypocoristic) -ie or -y, forming a term of endearment or denoting the speaker's playfulness or affectedness. ΚΠ 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 21 In politics he said he was a Conservative but everybody in Kinraddie knew that meant he was a Tory and the bairns of Strachan,..they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by. 1954 J. Kerouac Let. 2 July in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 428 Tell Allen to be Myshkin to Neal's Rogozin, not Edouard to Neal's poor Bernard. Nature come to pet poor billy poo? 1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Nov. 23/5 Captain Efficient, cool and precise..had himself a little drinkiepoo while the house fell down around him. 2002 W. Kennedy Roscoe 241 As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1932
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