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Appendix:Variations of "poo" English Alternative forms en poo Pronunciation en /puː/ UK, sometimes including reduction of the preceding /i/ to /ɪ/ en /pu/ US Etymology 1 en, probably arbitrary or from en poo. Suffix noun-forming suffixes productive suffixes Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending in -y or -ie, or with this sound inserted, to form affectionate, playful diminutives. en Fifi! Here girl! Time for walkiepoos [walkies]! — Woof! Woof! en January 28 1908 Hamilton Daily Republican News 8 This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo. en 1932 James Mitchell Sunset Song 21 ...they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by. en 2002 William Kennedy Roscoe 241 As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech. en 2018 Adrian Truss; David Huband; Bruce Hunter Illustrated Men's Book of Letters 218 As you will surely appreciate, time is of the essence in solving a murder like this so please let us known as soon as possy if you are able to come and give us the old helpy-poo, eh? Derived terms en Etymology 2 en of en poodle. Suffix noun-forming suffixes productive suffixes Used for constructing a breed name of designer dogs one of whose parents is a poodle. Derived terms en Cavapoo Cavoodle cockapoo cockerpoo corgipoo maltipoo peekapoo pekapoo pekeapoo pekepoo Pomapoo shih-poo shihpoo Westiepoo yorkiepoo yorkipoo Yorkipoo References -poo comb. form 266489 2006 Anagrams en oop OOP oop en diminutive proper nouns diminutive suffixes diminutives of female given names diminutives of male given names