Word: poohed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have tried to make out what stand the CRIMSON has taken on the Sino-Japanese situation, without, I must confess, any great degree of success. First you pooh-poohed the whole affair as nothing more than a far-Eastern circus and condescendingly advised everybody not to take what the newspapers say too seriously. This attitude I believe to be indefensible; the principles involved in the present situation are of enormous importance to the future of international relations, and no one with any intelligence can afford to sit smugly back and send forth occasional Bronx cheers...
First issue of Mortuary Digest was not impressive in appearance-32 pages with scanty advertising & illustration-but it was pungent in its discussion of funeral problems. One of Editor Witman's first editorials pooh-poohed the profession's effort to popularize the term "mortician...
...current issue of Forum, Mr. John R. Tunis, prominent for widespread "debunking" of sport, sarcastically attacks collegiate Athletic Associations and Directors, particularly those of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, under the title, "Pooh-bahs of Sport." After summarizing the principal differences which have occurred in the relations of these three colleges during the last few years, he continues by decrying officials and policies, and concludes with the suggestion, "may the solution not be to turn the problem over to those most directly concerned--the students?" The mechanical and financial details would be handled by a special accountant and staff...
GIVE ME YESTERDAY?A Whimsy-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne...
...lobbies of the House of Commons, last week, M. P.'s professed to take the New Party as a huge joke. But one prominent Labor statesman said (off the record) : "I think they are mistaken in pooh-poohing Mosley. They ought to watch him. He's a persistent little terrier. Smart...