pooh-bah

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Recent Examples of pooh-bah This kind of surgical enhancement can still be frowned upon in the restoration world, decried as fakery by the pooh-bahs of all-original-everything. Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 13 July 2024 To Richardson-Merrell’s pooh-bahs, her scrutiny seemed like the dilatory work of someone who didn’t know how the game was played. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024 Like Joe Rogan, the carnivorous pooh-bah of this intellectual space, Brand appeared interested in teaching a certain kind of man how to be a certain kind of man, mining the tension between think-for-yourself riffs and listen-to-me conclusions. Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023 But the pooh-bahs in Brussels didn’t exactly rush to say yes. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooh-bah
Noun
  • DeGeneres flipped another Montecito property—a five-bedroom, 10-bathroom compound—in February of last year to mining magnate Robert Friedland for $32 million.
    India Roby and Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The maid at Bizarre Bazaar magnate Zachary Beck’s estate?
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The two are highly respected and influential tycoons.
    Seema Mody, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
  • That four-acre spread was snapped up by casino tycoon Steve Wynn, but a nearby residence hoisted onto the market as a turnkey opportunity at $45 million affords equally breathtaking vistas of Aspen Mountain and Independence Pass for less than half the cost.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Marlene Daut’s deep dive into Haiti’s first — and only — king reads like a historical novel of a bygone era with Black princes and knights, an elaborate dress code and a palace, Sans-Souci, to match.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • It’s also made this former video-store clerk the king of all content.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The largest is the Ratliff family, North Carolina blue bloods led by Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a business bigwig with no interest in any of the resort’s spiritual healing exercises.
    Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Here’s a look at the rock stars, politicians and business bigwigs who are neighbors of the 45th—and 47th—president.
    Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Pooh-bah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooh-bah. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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