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PShaw
PO Box 425430
Cambridge MA
02142-0009
USA

617-417-3116
Email: pshazma (at) pshaw (dot) net

    Definition:
1 \Pshaw\, interjection [Of imitative origin]
    'shaw! [ pronounced as in psychedelic or pterodactyl]
  i. an abrupt emphatic exclamation often interjected with precise comic timing as an expression of disbelief or dislike adding heft to the satirical bent of a punch line.

2 \Pshaw\, verb
  i. To expose disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by excitedly uttering `shaw!   [ "...The chapman used regularly to berate a clamorous pshaw whenever vulgar references to daily newspaper funnies was touched upon. " ]