phpht
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fft, IPA(key): /fft/
Interjection edit
phpht
- (rare) Alternative form of pht
- 1991, Franca Rame, Dario Fo, Stuart Clink Hood, A woman alone & other plays:
- […] uplift bra . . . odourless hair removing cream . . . phpht! Twenty-four hour deodorant . . . slimming pills . . . contraceptive pills […]
- 1993, Cindy Tittle Moore, “Dogs or Humans as Canine Companions”, in rec.pets.dogs (Usenet):
- > But... some of us do have to work for a living. As a result our dog(s)
>must be left for 8 hrs per day by themselves. :-(
Yeah, phpht. Working...phpht.
- 1995, Richard Hoffman, Half the house: a memoir:
- "Phpht! Eat your noodle soup, and don't pay no attention to that there foolishness."
- 2003, Mark Fidler, Blaze of the Great Cliff, page 39:
- “Phpht!” Bravegart spit out. “Okay, Stonah, a trade it is. You give them one of your feathers. A feather for an arrow. […]