Question of the Day #1257

Serious thinkers might pooh-pooh all this as guru talk, driven by media hype and ‘thought leaders’ hawking their latest books.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Aeon.co.

  上記の文で、pooh-poohの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "pooh-pooh" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【他動】
〈話〉〔～を〕あざける、あざ笑う、鼻で笑う
【自動】
〈話〉軽蔑の態度を示す

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

intransitive verb
: to express contempt or impatience
transitive verb
: to express contempt for or make light of : PLAY DOWN, DISMISS  

 

Examples

1. LaRoche tried to pooh-pooh the notion, and certainly did not wish Agent McGee to alarm his wife. — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Apr. 2025
2. No wonder his officers pooh-pooh Haiti’s gangs as amateurs compared to their previous foes, like Al Shabaab – though the al Qaeda affiliate hasn’t been entirely vanquished back home in Kenya. — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
3. Some seemingly reasonable people go on holiday and pooh-pooh the idea of wearing sunblock.
4. When we pooh-pooh the subjective, the love of the fans, we are giving power to people that already have it. From Los Angeles Times
5. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.

   

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