puh-lease

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

An exaggerated form of please.

Pronunciation

Traditionally pronounced with a final stress, but sometimes with an initial stress; compare the variability of the stresses with the emphatic forms of hello.

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    (with initial stress)

Interjection

puh-lease

  1. (sarcastic) An expression of annoyance, exasperation or impatience.
    • 1997, Don Roos, The Opposite of Sex, spoken by Lucia (Lisa Kudrow):
      Puh-lease! I went to a bar mitzvah once. That doesn't make me Jewish.

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