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Bushism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Bush + -ism, named after American presidents George W. Bush (1946–) and George H. W. Bush (1924–2018).

Meanings

  1. A turn of phrase employed by President George W. Bush that is unintentionally comical due to grammatical errors, malapropisms, etc.

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Relateds

bozo eruption · gaffe · Palinism · Bidenism

Bushism en · PROPN

Etymology

From Bush + -ism, named after American presidents George W. Bush (1946–) and George H. W. Bush (1924–2018).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The political philosophy associated with former US president George W. Bush or his father, former US president George H. W. Bush.
    • But to get to the essence of Bushism, it's helpful to go to another and more unusual book, All the Best, George Bush, a collection of letters written by George Bush the elder. 1999 October 7, New York Times:

Translations (16)

bg бушизъм (political philosophy) · sv bushism (political philosophy) · sl bušizem (political philosophy) · az buşizm (political philosophy) · ru буши́зм (political philosophy) · ko 부시즘 (political philosophy) · de Bushism (political philosophy) · fr bushisme (political philosophy) · ka ბუშიზმი (political philosophy) · pt bushimo (political philosophy) · fi bushismi (political philosophy) · es bushismo (political philosophy) · ja ブッシュイズム (political philosophy) · pl buszyzm (political philosophy) · it bushismo (political philosophy) · ca Bushisme (political philosophy)