Dubya
Texan president's nickname
Dubya is a nickname for George W.
Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, representing a Texas pronunciation of his middle initial W.
The nickname emerged during his political career and was used both affectionately by supporters and mockingly by critics.
Dubya's approval ratings soared after 9/11 but declined sharply during his second term.
- BushAmerican political surname
- 43Number after forty-two
- presidentElected leader of nation
- TexasSecond-largest American state
Republican · Crawford · Yale · Skull and Bones · cheerleader · fraternity · preppy · blueblooded
2001 terrorist attacks
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- WMDCatastrophic armament category
- axis of evilNamed hostile state grouping
Cheney · Rumsfeld · Condoleezza Rice · No Child Left Behind · Patriot Act · Katrina · TARP · bailout
Presidential verbal gaffe
- strategeryParody of serious planning
- nucularCommon mispronunciation of atomic
- malapropismSound-alike word confusion
- gaffeClumsy social error
mangled · syntax · folksy · inarticulate · stumble · verbal · flub · quotation
George W. Bush
Texas · Republican · Crawford · Yale · Skull and Bones · cheerleader · fraternity · preppy · blueblooded · dynasty
9/11
2001 terrorist attacks
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- WMDCatastrophic armament category
axis of evil · Cheney · Rumsfeld · Condoleezza Rice · No Child Left Behind · Patriot Act · Katrina · TARP · bailout · recession
Bushism
Presidential verbal gaffe
- strategeryParody of serious planning
- nucularCommon mispronunciation of atomic
- malapropismSound-alike word confusion
gaffe · mangled · syntax · folksy · inarticulate · stumble · verbal · flub · quotation · parody
letter W
Twenty-third alphabet character
twang · Southern · colloquial · slang · informal · spelling · phonetic · nickname · moniker · initial
- Political SlangMAGA, Tricky Dick, New Deal, Great Society, Yes We Can
DubyaAl Gore
Former vice president, environmentalist
John Kerry · Barack Obama · Osama bin Laden · Hillary Clinton · Nancy Pelosi