kahuna

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
kahuna
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   [IBM: from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] Synonym for {wizard},
   {guru}.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
kahuna

   <person> /k*-hoo'n*/ (From the Hawaiian title for a shaman) An
   {IBM} synonym for {wizard} or {guru}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-09)
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