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Old 03-29-2006, 07:19 PM
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Default Re: Pooh-bah post: addressing two big SSNL questions.

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Where does the term Pooh-bah come from and what does it mean?

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Pooh-Bah or pooh-bah from dictionary dot com

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.]
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