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- noun Alternative form of
poobah .
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Examples
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He was very smart then, even smarter now, but still very hamish, certainly for a poo-bah.
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Flip deserves credit for demanding we take this idea first to David Rosenthal, then the grand poo-bah at Simon & Schuster.
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But in all seriousness I wonder who is the grand poo-bah that gets to decide who is on this list?
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But in all seriousness I wonder who is the grand poo-bah that gets to decide who is on this list?
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Serious Eats grand poo-bah Ed Levine, a former Vendy judge himself, posted a comment to SENY displaying a similar disbelief.
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But in all seriousness I wonder who is the grand poo-bah that gets to decide who is on this list?
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President-elect Obama is going to be President - not grand poo-bah dictator-deity for life.
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Information design poo-bah Edward Tufte believes he has traced the Columbia shuttle disaster to one poorly conceived slide.
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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
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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.
chained_bear commented on the word poo-bah
See also poobah.
October 15, 2008