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Reply 6: Pansophic Polls
Word of the Day, March 9

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Ghostly Shapeshifter

PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:41 am


pooh-bah • POO-bah • noun

1 : a person holding many public or private offices

*2 : a person in high position or of great influence

Example Sentence:
"Have you seen news reports on the gatherings of international pooh-bahs who are trying to figure out some workable methods to restore the public's confidence in the markets?" (Ron Smith, The Baltimore Sun, October 15, 200 cool

Did you know?
The original Pooh-Bah was an arrogant, buffoonish bureaucrat introduced in the 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado. In that show, the character Pooh-Bah, whose title is "Lord High Everything Else," very "humbly" agrees to accept several important government offices (and their salaries) after a series of officials resign. He'll do anything if the bribe is big enough, and he loves to strut and show off to anyone who might be impressed by his grandeur. It didn't take English speakers long to adopt "pooh-bah" as a term for someone who holds either many offices or a high position, and the word still often carries a suggestion of pompousness.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:01 pm


my object all sublime
i shall achieve in time,
to make the punishment fit the crime
the punishment fit the crime
and make each miscreant
unwillingly represent
the source of innocent merriment
of innocent merriment.



i would put Bernie madoff nude in the stocks (he never ever bought any stocks, he just pretended to)
and give all his victims rotten tomatoes to throw

chessiejo


JoeyRay Smith51

PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:35 am


New word to me!
PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:27 am


The grand pooh-bah makes his appearance xd

Yuki_Windira

Spoopy Bibliophile


Marcias Bishie

PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:44 am


I like. Keep at it.
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