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  • noun Alternative form of poobah.

Etymologies

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From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.

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Examples

  • He was very smart then, even smarter now, but still very hamish, certainly for a poo-bah.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • Flip deserves credit for demanding we take this idea first to David Rosenthal, then the grand poo-bah at Simon & Schuster.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • But in all seriousness I wonder who is the grand poo-bah that gets to decide who is on this list?

    October « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • But in all seriousness I wonder who is the grand poo-bah that gets to decide who is on this list?

    28 « October « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Serious Eats grand poo-bah Ed Levine, a former Vendy judge himself, posted a comment to SENY displaying a similar disbelief.

    Rickshaw Nomination Generates Outrage; Vendys Respond | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2009

  • But in all seriousness I wonder who is the grand poo-bah that gets to decide who is on this list?

    throwing stones « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • President-elect Obama is going to be President - not grand poo-bah dictator-deity for life.

    "No Country For Old Men" (2007) Steven Barnes 2008

  • Information design poo-bah Edward Tufte believes he has traced the Columbia shuttle disaster to one poorly conceived slide.

    Speedlinking 10/30/07 William Harryman 2007

  • It must be tantamount to putting one's head on the chopping block if a positive story is reported - or at least a publoic reprimand from the great poo-bah, Limbaugh. pags2 a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chicago Democratic Party

    Think Progress Tanya Somanader 2010

  • Apple computer poo-bah Steve Jobs, one of the many talking heads on hand to sing Macca's praises, points out, just hearing these classics played and sung by the guy who wrote (or co-wrote) 'em is a treat, and the great sound and high-definition video certainly don't hurt.

    videosaver.net 2010

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  • See also poobah.

    October 15, 2008