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Mcaleck Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

poo(h)-poo(h) platter?

hey, guys, so what's a poo(h)-poo(h) platter and how is it spelt correctly? I couldn't find it in any dictionaries and the google hits were pretty confusing.

thanks for your help.

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well, it was in *** and the City S3E04 and from the context it's pretty clear: "Gay, bi, straight. This party was
a poo-poo platter of sexual orientation." I guess it's a kind of mixed food platter or something, only I was hoping somebody can straighten it out.
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I've never seen it written down, but a poo-poo platter is a slang word for an appetizer platter with a bunch of different types of appetizers.
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Grammar GeekI've never seen it written down, but a poo-poo platter is a slang word for an appetizer platter with a bunch of different types of appetizers.

It may not be exclusively Hawai'ian, but that's the only place I've come across it: as "pupu", and it does mean appetizer. I was visiting with a friend in Honolulu many
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You might also see it on menus in (American) Chinese restaurants, as "Pu-pu platter" -- assortment of appetizers.
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Pupu is certainly easier to spell than hors d'ouvres.
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great, thanks a lot guys!!! i guess the wrong spelling threw me off track

and low and behold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu_pu_platter
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I would not use it (esp in the pooh-pooh version) because of its negative connotations:

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pooh-pooh

intransitive verb : to express contempt or impatience especially by saying pooh

transitive verb : to express contempt for or impatience with : make light of <if a traveler told a tale he was sure to pooh-
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Actually, while I would never spell it "pooh-pooh" unless you were making a pun, I think you're quite safe when combining it with the word "platter."
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