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Boris bus en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Boris Johnson, mayor of London from 2008–2016.

Meanings

1. (UK, informal) A particular type of double-decker bus used in London, as popularized by mayor Boris Johnson; New Routemaster.
   • Sadiq Khan has dumped the "Boris bus", a key part of the now foreign secretary's legacy as London mayor, because it is too expensive to produce. 2016 December 31, Daniel Boffey, “London's 'Boris bus' reaches end of road as Sadiq Khan halts purchases”, in The Guardian:
   • The new Routemaster (dubbed the “Boris Bus”) was a hybrid diesel-electric double-decker that retained the “hop-on, hop-off” rear open platform of the original Routemasters but with updated features that made it fully accessible. [2022, Victoria R. Williams, London: Geography, History, and Culture, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:

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Boris bike