foh

See also: FOH

English

Compare faugh.

foh

(obsolete) An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt.
- 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228728146, Act IV, scene x, page 62:
  Offence? As I'm a Perſon, I'm aſhamed of you—Fogh! how you ſtink of Wine! Dee think my Niece will ever endure ſuch a Borachio! you'r an abſolute Borachio.
- 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XVIII, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, OCLC 1057107260, page 169:
  "Foh!" said Madame Mantalini, "how he ever gets into a carriage without thinking of a hearse, I can't think. There, take the things away, my dear, take them away."

(exclamation of abhorrence): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
(exclamation of contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

foh

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