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-poo

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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