pish posh

English

Alternative forms

pishposh, pish and posh, pish-posh, pish tosh, pish and tosh

Etymology

From pish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪʃˈpɒʃ/

Interjection

Nonsense; tommyrot.
- 2004, Greg Johnson, The Loony Bin Blues: The Next Generation Flies Over the Cuckoo's Nest, page 264:
  “Oh, pish posh,” Miss Beauregard didn't buy it. “Your home couldn't be that bad.”
- 2007, Julie Failla Earhart, Home Sweet Home & Other Dangerous Places, page 48:
  “You don't believe in angels? Oh, pish-posh, Officer. How do you think we make it through the day without angels?”

Anagrams

shoppish

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