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Old Jul 10, 2007, 04:37 PM
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what in the world is a poohbah???? can't figure that member term out. lol. is it pooh bear?

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Old Jul 10, 2007, 04:42 PM
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pooh-bah
One entry found for pooh-bah.
Main Entry: pooh-bah
Variant(s): also poo-bah /'pü-"bä, -"bo/
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized P&B
Etymology: Pooh-Bah, character in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Mikado (1885) bearing the title Lord-High-Everything-Else
1 : a person holding many offices or positions
2 : a person in high position or of great influence
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Old Jul 10, 2007, 05:01 PM
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LOL, the female moderators and admins have been teasing me by that name lately because I just made poohbah what????
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Old Jul 10, 2007, 05:22 PM
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Howard Cunningham (Happy Days) and Fred Flintstone both were poohbahs, so it MUST be important! what????
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Old Jul 10, 2007, 08:00 PM
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Yes, and honestly, that's where it came to me from -- the Flintstones and Happy Days (although it was probably more the Flintstones). Gotta love childhood memories!! what????

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Old Jul 10, 2007, 11:18 PM
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lol, that's funny. thanks. obviously, even though i've seen the flinstones when i was a kid, but i've been deaf since birth and never heard of it. flinstones wasn't closed captioned back then. i don't get information from word of mouth, either. hehe.
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