HT: Lee, who 'bah's because the Lutherans only get Jimmy Olsen. From Wordnik.com. [BAMF! Religious Superheroes] Reference
I join Joy in saying "bah" to the "try harder" folks, and toasting everyone in the sleepless club. From Wordnik.com. [The Science Of Sleep] Reference
Yeah, right, like perhaps "Look up under 'Ma,' 'bah' 'who'?". From Wordnik.com. [PANEM ET CIRCENSES] Reference
Sheeple "bah" (imitation or mimicry) voice at the end of this clip LOL!!!!. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Kennedy is something of an accidental art pooh-bah. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy’s New Frontier] Reference
MCCAFFERY: You want the pooh-bah law professor first?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2009] Reference
'I cannot help liking you, -- though it may be "bah."'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
And what about bah, bah black sheep, have you any wool. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2009] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED DUCK, CARTOON CHARACTER: I say bah humbug. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2008] Reference
After the purge the new pooh-bah should tread carefully. From Wordnik.com. [A Quick Rx For Apple] Reference
I suppose it is all right for girls and women, but, bah!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
"O bah! bah! you do not understand," exclaimed Gurowski. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: All right, senior pooh-bah (ph), Jeff Toobin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2004] Reference
And this man beside him -- bah! it would not bear thinking of. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
And, bah, bah, got dropped, and it's been Roddy Piper ever since. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Has Professional Wrestling Gone Too Far? - March 17, 2000] Reference
I debated a Tea Party pooh-bah on LA's NPR station KPCC yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Court: Big Oil Behind the Tea] Reference
LEMON: When I'm not being a "bah, humbugger," I'm a good gift giver. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2009] Reference
GREENFIELD: But I agree -- it's not bah humbug in this case, I think. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2002] Reference
(Soundbite of music) Crowd: (Singing) Sweet Caroline, bah, bah, bah. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of 'Sweet Caroline' and the Sox] Reference
QUEST: For all you Scrooges and bah humbugs out there, take a look at this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2007] Reference
The verb "to sell" is conjugated as baa'a (bah-ah; sold) in the past tense. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
But it's got less to do with bah humbug and more to do with the bottom line. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2005] Reference
Curses on these lampposts, I am always breaking my neck against them -- bah!. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life] Reference
The piano started a rhumba and Ahboom-bah was escorted to the middle of the hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Japanese Corpse]
Daw for dog, bah-bah for bottle, and even with those, sometimes she still points. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
It's going to be sunny all week long. wa ba'da dhaalika? wah bah-dah zah-lee-kah?. From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
WALLACE: 50/50 and I was going to say, Pittsburgh fans are going to say bah hum bug!. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2006] Reference
And retail giant Target facing a backlash after saying bah humbug to the Salvation Army. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2004] Reference
GORANI: Also ahead, new ethics rules on Capitol Hill say bah, humbug to holiday parties. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007] Reference
Clearly the boss tickler (which was how they thought of Pooh-bah) led an energetic life. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
“bah, bah!” said the fellow, and marched out of the room, the door of which he locked. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
"Ah, bah! these are nothing but fantastic dreams!" exclaimed Napoleon, after a brief silence. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Here are some common muqabbilaat: rubyaan (roob-yan; shrimp) baadhinjaan (bah-zeen-jan; eggplant). From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
Another example of this definite article exception is the word SabaaH (sah-bah), which means "morning.". From Wordnik.com. [Arabic for Dummies]
"AMERICAN CAROL": Instead of Scrooge, it's a Michael Moore-like character saying bah-hum-bug to America. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2008] Reference
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