pish tosh
Dismissive verbal scoff
Pish tosh is a dismissive exclamation rejecting something as nonsense or unworthy of serious consideration: Pish tosh, that's the silliest thing I've ever heard.
The phrase combines two older interjections of contempt and sounds deliberately old-fashioned or theatrical, often used with mock indignation or playful exasperation.
- mumbo jumboDeliberately confusing language
- stuff and nonsenseEmphatic dismissal of nonsense
- codswallopBritish term for nonsense
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
- fiddlesticksArchaic interjection of annoyance
humbug · balderdash · flimflam · poppycock · phooey · hogwash · bosh · twaddle · nonsense · hocus-pocus · rubbish · horse feathers · dubious · skeptical · incredulous · wary · claptrap · malarkey
pish toshabsolutely
Completely, without exception
indeed · quite right · exactly · agreed · precisely
pish toshgospel truth
Claim beyond all question
undeniable · incontrovertible · you don't say · tell me more · makes sense