boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)

[Mark Mandel]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Benjamin Zimmer <
bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:

> My latest Word Routes column is on the origins of booing:
>
> http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1811/
>
> Following up this interview on WNYC's Soundcheck:
>
> http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2009/04/08
>
> Here are early cites I mention in the column:
>
> * "boo" (interj.)
>
> 1800 Maria Edgeworth _Castle Rackrent_ 76 Oh, boo! boo! (says I,
> making light of it, to see what he would go on to next).
> [Footnote: "Boo! Boo! an exclamation equivalent to Pshaw! or Nonsense."]
>

Any connection to "Pooh, pooh!"?
Mark Mandel

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