Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, derogatory)George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).

Examples

38 sentences

  1. Can you help me replant this shrub?

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  2. I'm going to plant a shrub.

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  3. Hydrangeas are popular ornamental garden shrubs.

    deAls Ziersträucher im Garten sind Hortensien sehr beliebt.

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  4. Heathers are gorgeous shrubs for gardens.

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  5. Leonid was walking through the shrubs.

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Origin

A play on his surname Bush, a shrub being a smaller bush, thus indicating that he is the j

A play on his surname Bush, a shrub being a smaller bush, thus indicating that he is the junior Bush in relation to his father George H. W. Bush. Popularized by American newspaper columnist Molly Ivins (1944–2007), who co-wrote Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush (2000) with Lou Dubose.

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