boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)

[Wilson Gray]

What about the "boo" used to startle someone or as the sound made by ghostissiz?

-Wilson
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On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Benjamin Zimmer <
> bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2009/04/08
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>> 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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