Today’s “Word of the Day” is “pooh-pooh” and it is a verb meaning “dismiss, reject, defy, brush aside, spurn, rebuff, repudiate, disregard, play down, discredit, belittle, deride, denigrate, treat with contempt.
Example Sentence: If Biden administration officials and the U.S. military have said they didn’t view the Pelosi visit as being helpful in the current climate, the U.S. has sought to convey to China that the President cannot dictate the actions of the Speaker of the House, a different branch of government. Chinese analysts have pooh-poohed that argument, particularly because both the President and the Speaker hail from the same party,…
This word is present in The Hindu article Taiwan | The next flashpoint in the U.S.-China contest and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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