Feh vs Peh - What's the difference?
feh | peh |
An expression of disgust or contempt.
* Linda Glaser, Bridge to America: Based on a True Story (2005) p. 116:
* Sidney Weissman, East Side Stories: Tales of Jewish Life in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930’s (2000) p. 100:
* Barry B. Longyear, Enemy Mine (1980) p. 81:
As an interjection feh
is an expression of disgust or contempt.As a noun peh is
alternative form of lang=en Semitic letter.feh
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Kvola made a face. "It’s worse than an outhouse." She covered her nose. "Uh!" "It is" "''Feh !''" We all agreed and covered our noses. But Ma wasn't interested in our complaints.
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- It smelled like rotten food, stinking bodies, and stale air. ''Feh !
- "A gangster. Feh ! Disgusting” she said roughly grabbing Marty by the arm. "We go across the street."
- "Look at it, how its pale skin blotches — and that evil-smelling thatch on top. Feh ! The smell!
