Dennis Crowley

People used to pooh-pooh the idea of a check-in, saying that this wasn't interesting. But when you have 3 billion of those data points, you can take any latitude and longitude anywhere in the world, and I'll tell you what is interesting now, 20 minutes from now, and 6 hours from now.

American Businessman

David Oshinsky

Jonas Salk showed that a killed virus vaccine would work and would be damned effective in fighting disease. This was something that virologists of the day pooh-poohed. And Salk proved them wrong.

American Historian

Shane Black

Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then I started to get some backlash. Which I didn't mind.

American Actor

Mary Karr

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

American Poet

Kary Mullis

They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.

American Scientist

Using 'pooh-pooh' can imply disrespect or scorn towards another person's opinion or concern.

Negative Connotation

'Pooh-pooh' is often used in casual or informal conversations rather than in formal writing or speeches.

Informal Context

'Pooh-pooh' is less harsh than a flat-out refusal; it implies a mild or non-hostile rejection.

Not Harsh Refusal

 on an executive team. Well that's not equal, that's 30 percent. Lesson All start-up ideas are stupid. I spend a lot of time with start-ups, and I have a lot of friends that work in larger, more established companies. They are always pooh-poohing the companies that I work with.

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Pooh-pooh

To dismiss or treat as unimportant.

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Negative Connotation

Informal Context

Not Harsh Refusal

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