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Meaning of -poo | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
puː

Definitions

  1. Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending in -y or -ie, or with this sound inserted, to form affectionate, playful diminutives.
  2. Used for constructing a breed name of designer dogs one of whose parents is a poodle.

Examples

“Fifi! Here girl! Time for walkiepoos [walkies]! — Woof! Woof!”
“This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo.”
“...they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by.”
“As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech.”
“As you will surely appreciate, time is of the essence in solving a murder like this so please let us known as soon as possy if you are able to come and give us the old helpy-poo, eh?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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