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pish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɪʃ/

Etymology

Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).

Meanings

1. (Scotland, colloquial, vulgar) Of poor quality; very bad.
   • Bein a lesbo is pish. A tell a girl shes bangin nd ye get "comin from u👸🏼" lit nah am no sayin tht tae be yer pal am sayin it tae shag ye x 2017 October 17, @_megcorrigan, Twitter:

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pish pash

pish en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɪʃ/

Etymology

Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).

Meanings

1. Expressing disdain.

Deriveds

pish tosh · pish posh

Synonyms

pooh · meh · feh · pht · bah · poh · pshaw

pish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɪʃ/

Etymology

Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds.
2. (uncountable) Synonym of pish posh (“nonsense, poppycock”).

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pish posh

pish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɪʃ/

Etymology

Expressive; perhaps partly from Scots pish (“piss”).

Meanings

1. To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh").
2. To express contempt.
   • Piſh for thee, Iſland dogge: thou prickeard cur of Iſland. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 73, column 1:

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