Bushism Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
In American English, a Bushism is a word or phrase unique to the style of President George W. Bush while speaking publicly and usually extemporaneously. Bush's regular use of unusual grammatical construction has some common characteristics that have given him a hallmark style:
- Adding agentive endings to words not usually accustomed to such treatment, such as suiciders, game changer, and truth teller
- Splicing words together in unusual combinations, such as misunderestimated
- Odd sentence agreement, such as "We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad."
The term Bushism has become widely recognized, partly due to book titles and Web sites dedicated to the President's quotations.
Bushism can also describe the doctrine of the George W. Bush administration, especially as seen by foreigners, though this term is not as widely used as with the former context. Journalist E.J. Dionne, Jr, wrote in The Washington Post, January 27, 2002:
- "Government isn't the solution, government is the problem," Ronald Reagan said. "Too often, my party has confused the need for limited government with a disdain for government itself," says Bush. This is the essence of Bushism: By rejecting pure anti-government rhetoric, Bush has left himself more room to reduce the size of government. [1]
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