Posted by Jock on May 24, 2006 at 21:02:42 from 86.139.174.55 user Jock.
In Reply to: Terminological Inexactitude posted by Iain on May 24, 2006 at 19:43:20:
The correct expression form is "Pish-tosh" and is a double insult consisting of an expletive coupled with an offensive racist insult.
Well at least one other author (and a children's author at that) uses 'pish tosh' in the gentle, humourous sense, that I'm sure Mr Hyland intended.