Pooh-Bah

or pooh-bah P0441300 (po͞o′bä′)n.1. A pompous ostentatious official, especially one who, holding many offices, fulfills none of them.2. A person who holds high office.

[After Pooh-Bah, , Lord-High-Everything-Else, a character in The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.]

Pooh-Bah

(ˈpuːˈbɑː) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them[C19: after the character, the Lord-High-Everything-Else, in The Mikado (1885), a light opera by Gilbert and Sullivan]

Pooh-Bah

(ˈpuˌbɑ)
n.
(often l.c.) 1. a person who holds several positions, esp. ones that confer bureaucratic importance. 2. a pompous, self-important person. [1880–85; after a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, who holds all the high offices of state simultaneously and uses them for personal gain]

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pooh-bah - an arrogant or conceited person of importancehigh-muck-a-muckimportant person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

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1. A self-important government official who holds several positions but performs little or no actual duties. The term comes from the character Pooh-Bah, Lord-High-Everything-Else, from The Mikado, a comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Only that pooh-bah in the cabinet could hold so many titles and do so little.2. The most important or powerful person in a group, organization, business, or movement (e.g., the boss, leader, etc.). I think it sounds like a great idea, but you'll have to ask the pooh-bah first.

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noun an arrogant or conceited person of importance

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