Examples
“If you ever even have the option of 'poobah' you should take it.”
“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.”
“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
“Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins really enjoy oral sex?”
“Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins secretly enjoy oral sex?”
Think Progress » Rove Decries Dirty Tactics That Target Politicians’ Families
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Crowne': A Bad Fit for Hollywood Royalty
“Does AFA grand poobah Tony Perkins totally enjoy oral sex?”
“Perhaps the solution is for the chancellor of Oxford to leak the North report to the chairman of the BBC trustees, since the occupant of both offices is the Tory poobah Chris Patten.”
“Mr. SEAN GREENWOOD (Grand Poobah of Public Relations, Ben & Jerry's): On my business card, it says grand poobah of public relations.”
“If you're interested in being one of them, let me know right away and I'll put you in touch with the grand poobah of the pool.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘poobah’.
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whatever1013's Words
chocolate, sesquipedalophobia, discombobulated, callipygian, retronym, squirm, cobalt blue, plethora, onomatopoeia, blowhard, strumpet, shush and 173 more...
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madmelanie's Words
monkey, folderol, snark, snarky, flibbertigibbet, faith, asshat, pirouette, avuncular, exegesis, memento mori, verisimilitude and 379 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Odd-Ball
Just plain fun to say and wonder about their origins.
rapscallion, ramahanukwanzmas, cockamamie, nincompoop, hemidemisemiquaver, antiinterdenomina..., cattywampus, ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, blunderbuss, brobdingnagian, tintinnabulation and 127 more...
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kevincooper's Words
prosopopeia, lisle, magisterial, zeitgeist, zeugma, bloviate, apocryphal, bon mot, cacophony, euphony, brigandier, micturition and 313 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
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May or May Not Be Specific, But It's ...
This list will contain all non-excremental references to poo. See its ancestor list, Specific Excrement, which has generated no small amount of conversation (heated and otherwise) since its incepti...
fernando poo, a pooping sea, poop deck, clinchpoop, pimiento load, crappie, very reverend con..., pookimo, pootalian, kickapoo, skypoo, swheat-n-poo and 72 more...
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jerin's Words
ululating, puddle, whorl, huzzah, maharaja, mostaccioli, elizabethan, cat, felicitous, dystopian, larynx, pop and 35 more...
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dwstein's Words
revenant, exegesis, irenic, edify, hegemony, axiom, allay, august, syncretic, algorithm, poobah, rapacious and 27 more...
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Leper-chan's Words
thrust, vandalize, tape, disgruntled, defibulator, delicious, holey-hole, stab, kazoo, kapow, delete, fabulous and 87 more...
Tweets
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wongobill Used in Mad Magazine as a word for a haughty or grandiose person Sep 27, 2009
weilide 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?" Apr 26, 2009