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  1. The earliest known use of the verb pooh-pooh is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for pooh-pooh is from 1823, in the Times (London). It is also recorded as an interjection from the late 1600s. pooh-pooh is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: pooh pooh int.

  2. The meaning of POOH-POOH is to express contempt or impatience. How to use pooh-pooh in a sentence. ... The first known use of pooh-pooh was in 1823. See more words ...

  3. Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve 1925.

  4. Since A.A. Milne published the first official Winnie the Pooh story in 1926, the character has become beloved by children across many generations. Milne’s writing clearly struck a chord, ...

  5. Aug 29, 2020 · pooh-pooh. (v.) "to dismiss lightly and contemptuously," literally "to turn aside with an exclamation of 'pooh,'" 1827, a slang reduplication of dismissive expression pooh. Among the many 19th century theories of the origin of language was the Pooh-pooh theory (1860), which held that language grew from natural expressions of surprise, joy, pain ...

  6. The earliest known use of the word pooh pooh is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for pooh pooh is from 1694, in the writing of William Congreve, playwright and poet. pooh pooh is formed within English, by compounding.

  7. In 1926, A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard introduced Winnie-the-Pooh to the world. Yet the bear’s journey into print was a long and circuitous one that crossed an ocean and took a dozen years. Winnie-the-Pooh’s story begins in White River, Ontario—a railroad town deep in the forest. On August 24, 1914, its small population swelled with ...

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