Plural of "Grand Poobah"

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Hey, guess what I just found, the word of the day on Microsoft's Internet
Start Page is (drum roll please)

pooh-bah!  Ta Da..... (yes, it is actually a hyphenated word).


pooh-bah | POO-bah | noun 
1 : a person holding many public or private offices 
2 : a person in high position or of great influence 

Witness the pomp of the primordial pooh-bah at Merriam-Webster OnLine

The above was clipped right from the MS sight.  On the M-W site are all
kinds of neat info about the origin of the term.  Contrary to urban myth,
it didn't originate on the Flintstones.  I got a great kick out of this. 
Check it out.  BTW, the official plural is Pooh-Bahs and even the MS
dictionary/spellchecker recognizes it.

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