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单词 bushism
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bushismn.1

Brit. /ˈbʊʃɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈbʊʃˌɪz(ə)m/, New Zealand English /ˈbʊʃɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bush n.1, -ism suffix.
Etymology: < bush n.1 + -ism suffix.
New Zealand. rare.
A word or idiom peculiar to or used in the bush (bush n.1 9a).
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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

Brit. /ˈbʊʃɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈbʊʃˌɪz(ə)m/
Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Bush , -ism suffix.
Etymology: Originally < the name of George H. W. Bush, and subsequently also < the name of his son George W. Bush (see Bushian adj.) + -ism suffix.
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.
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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.
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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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