pooh-bahnoun [ C ]
/ˈpuː.bɑː//ˈpuː.bɑː/someone who has a lot of, or too much influence or who thinks they are more important than they really are:
She regarded his father as a self-important pooh-bah.
More examples
- Hollywood pooh-bahs tried to talk him into making a movie.
- The more they talked to party pooh-bahs, the more they realized what was happening.
- Pooh-bah officials challenged the law on free speech grounds.
- She is not just some symbolic pooh-bah.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- mouth-breather
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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