pshaw
Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
• (indicating disapproval): pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pshh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also bah
• (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also bullshit
pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)
(intransitive) To express disgust or contempt.
• whaps
Source: Wiktionary
Pshaw, interj. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Definition: Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc. [Written also psha.]
Pshaw, v. i.
Definition: To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!" The goodman used regularly to frown and pshaw wherever this topic was touched upon. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
