Etymology

pfui

P3F4U1I1

Today it means: an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt Full definition →

German pfui
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  1. German · borrowed frompfui
  2. English todaypfui

From German pfui, also the source of phooey.

Words from the same roots

Germanpfui all →

phooey

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.