Master of the Universe
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Master of the Universe
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The "highly successful business person" sense is derived from Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line and media franchise, which was launched in 1982. It was first used as such in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (see quotations).
noun Masters of the Universe
- God Constantine inscribed these words on the pedestal:— Oh Christ! king and master of the universe, I consecrate this humble tower, this sceptre, and the power of Rome, to thee!
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A powerful person.
First, by them made obstinate by the onetime masters of the universe.
Similar: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss
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A highly successful business person.
The Masters of the Universe were a set of lurid, rapacious plastic dolls that his otherwise perfect daughter liked to play with. […] On Wall Street he and a few others—how many?—three hundred, four hundred, five hundred?—had become precisely that. . . Masters of the Universe. There was . . . no limi
Similar: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss
Talk about this word "Master of the Universe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/master%20of%20the%20universe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Master of the Universe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/master%20of%20the%20universe "Master of the Universe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/master%20of%20the%20universe.Cite this
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title = {Master of the Universe},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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