Bushism

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bushism (uncountable)

1. The political philosophy associated with former US president George W. Bush or his father, former US president George H. W. Bush.
   • 1999 October 7, New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

political philosophy

• Azerbaijani: buşizm
• Bulgarian: бушизъм m (bušizǎm)
• Catalan: Bushisme m
• Finnish: bushismi
• French: bushisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ბუშიზმი (bušizmi)
• German: Bushism
• Italian: bushismo (it) m
• Japanese: ブッシュイズム
• Korean: 부시즘 (busijeum)
• Polish: buszyzm m
• Portuguese: bushimo m
• Russian: буши́зм (ru) m (bušízm)
• Slovene: bušizem (sl) m
• Spanish: bushismo m
• Swedish: bushism

Noun

Bushism (plural Bushisms)

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

See also

• Bidenism
• bozo eruption
• gaffe
• Palinism