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pooh-pooh
theory
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plural
pooh-pooh theories
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A speculative theory that human language originated from emotional exclamations of pain, pleasure, surprise, etc.
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Originally intended to ridicule the theory.
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bow-wow theory
ding-dong theory
ta-ta theory
yo-he-ho theory
