单词 | bushism |
释义 | bushismn.1 New Zealand. rare. A word or idiom peculiar to or used in the bush (bush n.1 9a). ΚΠ 1916 G. Thornton Wowser 90 ‘Have some tinned cow?’ He..explained that ‘tinned cow’ was a ‘bushism’ for condensed milk. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Bushismn.2 U.S. Politics. 1. The policies or principles advocated by either George H. W. Bush or (later) George W. Bush; adherence to or support of these. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for Jacksonism1824 Tylerism1844 Monroeism1856 Jeffersonianism1876 Rooseveltism1890 Crokerism1897 Wilsonism1920 Rooseveltism1932 McCarthyism1950 Goldwaterism1960 new frontier1960 Reaganism1966 Bushism1980 Clintonism1992 1980 Economist 15 Mar. 27/3 Florida is not only less hostile to Republicanism than the states to the north, it is potentially less hostile to Bushism. 1986 Internat. Terrorism, Insurgency, & Drug Trafficking (Joint Hearings before U.S. Congr. Senate Foreign Relations Comm. & Senate Judiciary Comm.) 286 What is our current policy. Is it ‘Shultzism’ or is it ‘Bushism’. 1990 G. Will Suddenly i. iii. 9 Bushism is feel-good politics, adding self-satisfaction to the material comfort of the comfortable. 1992 Harper's Mag. Sept. 43 So here is Bushism, the Vision Thing: an economically polarized society with a powerful executive and a weak Congress. 2001 Economist (Nexis) 28 Apr. When it comes to his two main domestic-policy proposals, Bushism is within the political mainstream. 2008 R. L. Jones What's Wrong with Obamamania? iv. 74 He will have to wrestle with the effects of September 11, Bushism (even after Bush leaves office), and the shifting ideology of black political leadership. 2. An idiom or mode of expression considered characteristic of George H. W. Bush or George W. Bush; (in later use chiefly) spec. a verbal peculiarity or lapse associated with George W. Bush. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians > mementos or sayings of specific politician Churchilliana1943 Bushism1984 Majorism1991 1984 Washington Post 20 Aug. a11 Another Bushism came when he refused a week ago to answer reporters' questions about tax policy by saying, ‘Zippity-doo-dah. Now it's off to the races.’ 1992 New Republic 27 Apr. 6/1 Everyone can identify the components of a typical Bushism. The staccato sentences with no pronouns. The long, meandering non-sentences that reverse course. 2001 Guardian 25 Apr. i. 19/1 The list of Bushisms grows daily, a classic added after the president refused to answer reporters' questions at the Quebec Summit of the Americas, ‘Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican’. 2004 Independent 5 Nov. (Review section) 24/1 The ‘Bushisms’ coming from America's commander in chief, who as leader of the world's most powerful nation could still stay without hesitation, ‘I know what it's like to put food on my family.’ 2008 P. J. J. Payack Million Words & Counting iii. 50 How do presidential ‘Bushisms’ fare over time? Do they add to the language? Or are they just so much dust in the wind? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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