Definitions
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- noun A person holding
multiple offices orpositions of power, all at the same time. - noun An important person.
- noun A pompous person.
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Examples
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If you ever even have the option of 'poobah' you should take it.
Question trifecta! Miss Snark 2005
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The porcine poobah of FoxNews, Roger Ailes, will read Hunt the riot act.
Think Progress » Fox News Military Analyst Endorses DADT Repeal, Criticizes McCain For Flip-Flopping 2010
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Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins secretly enjoy oral sex?
Think Progress » Rove Decries Dirty Tactics That Target Politicians’ Families 2010
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What crashed on the moon those years before was a ship carrying the Cybertronian poobah Sentinal Prime voice of Leonard Nimoy, fittingly enough and the key to world domination.
'Crowne': A Bad Fit for Hollywood Royalty John Anderson 2011
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Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins secretly enjoy oral sex?
Think Progress » Chris Wallace Calls The Perpetually Wrong Bill Kristol An ‘Expert’ On Iraq 2010
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The porcine poobah of FoxNews, Roger Ailes, will read Hunt the riot act.
Think Progress » Fox News Military Analyst Endorses DADT Repeal, Criticizes McCain For Flip-Flopping 2010
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The Japanese still got to keep the Emperor as the grand high poobah, and the Germans at least had the option of surrendering to the UK/US instead of the USSR.
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Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins secretly enjoy oral sex?
Think Progress » Chris Wallace Calls The Perpetually Wrong Bill Kristol An ‘Expert’ On Iraq 2010
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The porcine poobah of FoxNews, Roger Ailes, will read Hunt the riot act.
Think Progress » Fox News Military Analyst Endorses DADT Repeal, Criticizes McCain For Flip-Flopping 2010
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Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins really enjoy oral sex?
weilide commented on the word poobah
A grand, high mukkitymuk in a position of authority. E.g., "So, I take it you're one of the grand, high poobahs in the sewing circle?"
April 26, 2009
wongobill commented on the word poobah
Used in Mad Magazine as a word for a haughty or grandiose person
September 27, 2009