puh-lease

puh-lease

English

Alternative forms

• puhlease

Etymology

Exaggerated form of please.

Adverb

puh-lease (not comparable)

1. (sarcastic) An expression of annoyance 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.

Translations

expression of annoyance

Chinese: Mandarin: 拜託 (zh), 拜托 (zh) (bàituō) Finnish: hei hyvää päivää Japanese: どうか (ja) (dōka), 頼むから (tanomukara), もうマジでさ (mō majide sa) Portuguese: pelo amor de Deus