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Satirical term for self important local officials

the American hip hop artist

Grand Poobah is a satirical term derived from the name of the haughty character Pooh Bah in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (1885). In this comic opera, Pooh Bah holds numerous exalted offices, including "First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander in Chief, Lord High Admiral Archbishop Lord Mayor" and "Lord High Everything Else". The name has come to be used as a mocking title for someone self important or locally high ranking and who either exhibits an inflated self regard or who has limited authority while taking impressive titles. The American writer William Safire wrote that "everyone assumes [the name] Pooh Bah merely comes from [W. S. Gilbert] combining the two negative exclamations Pooh! plus Bah!, typical put downs from a typical bureaucrat."

The title "Grand Poobah" was used recurrently on the television show The Flintstones as the name of a high ranking elected position in a secret society, the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes. Similarly, Howard Cunningham, a character on the TV series Happy Days, was a Grand Poobah of Leopard Lodge No. 462 in Milwaukee. These fictional lodges were a spoof of secret societies and men's clubs like the Freemasons, the Shriners, the Elks Club and the Moose Lodge. The title has been associated ironically with real world people, sometimes used facetiously in self reference, sometimes to praise someone, and at other times to criticize an organizational leader for being overbearing.