pfff.

n.  a French expression of loneliness, as when everyone is having too much fun to give one a call, as in “Numéro privé” by Erwan Le Goffic.


n.  a toneless wheeze from a pipe organ; see also pffff.

<[Father Fulgencio] struck the key hard.  The organ pipe, thick as an arm, gave back: Pfff!  —Arturo Barea, The Forging of a Rebel.> pfffft.  n.  the sound of something fizzling away. <And instead of a thermonuclear bomb, one great big ... dud.  Pfffft.  —Lanny J. Davis, Truth To Tell: Tell It Early, Tell It All, Tell It Yourself: Notes from My White House Education.> <After leaving the tank, the Freon spills into that huge green basketball thing, which allows it to reach a much lower pressure, then it slithers into that big snaky tube over yonder, where, pffff, it boils away, absorbing lots of heat in the bargain and thereby keeping our Main Attraction as cold as a penguin’s kiss.  —James Morrow, Blameless in Abaddon.>

n.  an expression of disbelief,  as in the play Stop Kiss by Diana Son.

pffff.

interj.  a noise meaning “Very interesting!” (Dann Gunn, Wool-Gathering or How I Ended Analysis).


interj.  a sound meaning it’s “’bout hot enough to throw the air-conditioning switch” (Valerie Sayers, Who Do You Love).


interj.  an expression of ridicule, as in the novel A Perfect Love by Lori Copeland.

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