A new source for expanding vocabulary...

[senoritafish]

It's rare to learn a new word from a comic strip. Chickweed Lane seems to be rather erudite, considering the one of the main characters (the mom)has a doctorate in mathematics...

http://www.livejournal.com/users/chickweed_comic/45135.html

pan·jan·drum
Pronunciation: pan-'jan-dr&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -drums also pan·jan·dra /-dr&/
Etymology: Grand Panjandrum, burlesque title of an imaginary personage in some nonsense lines by Samuel Foote
: a powerful personage or pretentious official

I think I've found a new euphemism for the Shrub.