Foh
/foʊ/noun
An interjection expressing disgust, contempt, or impatience.
Did you know?Foh is generally treated as an expressive exclamation, meaning its origin may lie in instinctive human vocalization rather than a traceable ancient root.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
fou
“Foul or offensive; a related form in the vocabulary of disgust, though not yet securely identical to the interjection.”
16th Century
English
faugh
“An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt; probably formed imitatively.”
18th Century
English
foh
“A spelling variant of faugh used as an interjection of disgust.”
Modern English
English
foh
“A chiefly literary or archaic exclamation meaning “disgusting!” or “nonsense!””