Pooh-Bah

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Origin of Phrases - P

Pooh-Bah

In 1885, William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan offered what many consider their greatest comedy opera, The Mikado. The setting of the piece required generous use of expressions that would sound as though they came from the Far East. Gilbert coined "Pooh-Bah, Lord-High-Everything Else" as the special title of one of his characters.