pfui

pfui

(ˈfuːɪ)
interj
a variant of phooey
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Although this classification was developed for German linguistic signs such as leider 'unfortunately', hoffentlich 'hopefully', pfui 'ugh', Bewunderung 'admiration' etc., it is also suited to describe the emotional potential of anglicisms.
Owners' reactions to unwanted behavior were usually verbal ("Pfui", "Aus", "Nein", which means "Leave it", "Drop it", "No"), and only a few owners used physical punishment.
Introduction: The management of pelvic fracture-associated urethral injuries (PFUI) is not standardized and optimal management is controversial.
Perfectionists might complain that the first two "sentences" aren't, grammatically Pfui! I callthem "natural" sentences, totally believable Mod Grammar (which goes back centuries).
When a plebiscite was called to ratify Germany's takeover of Austria, Jagerstatter had dared to vote "no" Even more boldly, he would often return the greeting "Heil Hitler!" with "Pfui Hitler!"
This is followed by excellent discussions of prosodic features of Goebbels's delivery (stress patterns, pitch, pauses, tempo, volume, etc.) and hand movements (based on study of surviving newsreels), and of the audience's behaviour: the speech, which lasted 113 minutes, occasioned 348 interruptions, whether verbal (shouts of 'Heil', 'Pfui', etc.) or non-verbal (129 bursts of applause and 31 of laughter).
Although translated into seven other languages, including German where he became Hong Kong Pfui, and French where he was Kong Kong Foufou, the series was cancelled after a relatively short run, although NBC network in America purchased the rights to re-air the original 16 episodes from 1977-1979.
PCR was carried out in 50-[micro]L mixtures containing 20 [micro]L of extracted DNA, 1.25 units of PfuI (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA), 200 [micro]mol/L of each of four deoxynucleoside triphosphates, and 0.5 [micro]mol/L of each primer in PfuI buffer (Stratagene).
Only in a text designed to be read would one find the very-hard-to-pronounce 'pfui, pish, pshaw and prrr'.
Bei Schiller entsetzt sich Karl Moor uber den Tod von Unschuldigen, die bei der Befreiung eines Rauberkumpans umkommen: "O pfui uber den Kindermord!