Pooh Bah
or pooh bah, Pooh-Ba, poo·bah
a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give bureaucratic importance.
a leader, authority, or other important person: one of the Pooh Bahs of the record industry.
a pompous, self-important person.
Origin of Pooh Bah
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How to use Pooh Bah in a sentence
For Tea Party poobah Erick Erickson, last weekend was not a good one.
Conservative poobah Bill Kristol took her to the woodshed Wednesday for her stance against raising the debt ceiling.
John Boehner's GOP Headaches | Benjamin Sarlin, Samuel P. Jacobs | January 6, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for Pooh-Bah
/ (ˈpuːˈbɑː) /
a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them
Origin of Pooh-Bah
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Cultural definitions for Pooh-Bah
A self-important person of high position and great influence. Pooh-Bah is a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado; his title is Lord-High-Everything-Else.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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