djskrimp wrote:Mr Clean wrote:Excuse my ignorance but... what indeed is "PHOOEY"
When I first listened to it I thought he said Fool...
I'm not a native speaker you see?
It's like saying "Drat" or "Damnit".
I always though it had the same effect as adding "schm" as a prefix, like "moses schmoses, he's a loser anyway"
And it appears dictionary.com sort of agrees with me...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phooey