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Grand Poobah 

Is a title given to someone who holds an exalted position.
The name has come to be used as a mocking title for someone important or high-ranking and who exhibits an inflated self-regard.
"Fred Flintstone and his friend Barney Rubble were members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes Lodge No. 26. A high ranking elected position within this organization is Grand Poobah or Grand Imperial Poobah. Poobah is a title of respect and often is linked to might in a role."
n. Title

1. A word to use in place of "Czar" when discussing government bureaucrats appointed to supposedly advisory positions.

2. A word to use in place of "official" or "authority" when discussing those who have no official authority over anything.

3. Your boss

4. Leader of any fraternal organization.
The Economic Poobah announced today that All's Well.
Poobah by tangledupinbloo December 8, 2009
senior bureaucrat - derived from colonial India
poobah by Gina Dow August 10, 2006
What you say when you have nothing to say
"I like chicken."

"Me too."

"same"

"Okay"

-silence-

"Poobla"
Poobla by pooblagirl October 24, 2009
guy1:Hey i love pancakes
guy2:pooplah
pooplah by Urban_webster24245 June 19, 2009
my cousin is poobah
Poobah by danitoevitoe July 21, 2020