Pshaw

Pshaw! As I wrote this word tonight on my sister’s blog, I stated laughing because I honestly have no idea what this word means. Just spelling it makes me laugh. It is just such an “old people arguing” type of a word. “Mable, I tell you what, that milk is 5 days past spoiled old if it’s a day.” “Pshaw, Horace! You can’t even see with your glasses on your head.” “Well, I sure as shootin’ know what I can taste!”

So for all you interested in the origins of the word “pshaw,” here is what I found at takeourword.com.

“Pshaw, pronounced “p’shaw” or “puhshaw” or even “shaw”, is an exclamation of impatience or disgust.� It is said to be imitative of the sound one makes when impatient or disgusted – a sharp exhalation and sigh combined into one.� It dates all the way back, in writing, to 1673.”