On the lips of a man of business, it denotes contempt for romance; on the lips of a politician it rebukes a theory.
With that monosyllable, a philosopher massacres a fallacy: by those four letters a rich man gets rid of a beggar.

But in the rosy mouth of a woman the harshness vanishes, the disdain becomes encouragement.

"Pooh!" says the lady when you tell her she is handsome; but she smiles when she says it.

With the same reply she receives your protestation of love, and blushes as she receives.

With men it is the sternest, with women the softest, exclamation in the language.
"Pooh!" said Lady Delmour, turning away her head:--and Godolphin was in singular spirits.