pish posh

English

Alternative forms

• pishposh, pish and posh, pish-posh, pish tosh, pish and tosh

Etymology

From pish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪʃˈpɒʃ/

Interjection

pish posh

1. Nonsense; tommyrot.
   • 2004, Greg Johnson, The Loony Bin Blues: The Next Generation Flies Over the Cuckoo's Nest, page 264:

     “Oh, pish posh,” Miss Beauregard didn't buy it. “Your home couldn't be that bad.”

   • 2007, Julie Failla Earhart, Home Sweet Home & Other Dangerous Places, page 48:

     “You don't believe in angels? Oh, pish-posh, Officer. How do you think we make it through the day without angels?”

Anagrams

• shoppish