bushlips
bushlips is the alternative letter-case form of Bushlips.
Noun capitalized: Bushlips
Bushlips (uncountable)
- Insincere political rhetoric.
- "As one of our colleagues recently put it, this Republican pledge of no new taxes is pure Bushlips," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen (Tex.), said in the toughest language he has used to attack the administration's fiscal policy. "It's Bushlips when the president says 'No new taxes'...1990 March 24, Paul Taylor, “Democratic Leaders Talk Tough on Taxes;President's Promise Not to Impose New Levies Is 'Pure Bushlips,' Sen. Bentsen Declares”, in The Washington...
- I'm trying to avoid doing the 'Bushlips' stuff (about blocking tax increases). By saying it's not part of our thinking and planning, I'm obviously not saying it won't occur at all.1990 September 18, Associated Press, quoting Booth Gardner, “Gardner Hoping For No New Taxes”, in The Spokesman-Review, page B1
Forms of bushlips
| alternative form | bushlips |
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| alternative form | Bushlip |
| alternative form | bushlip |
Origin of bushlips
From Bush + lips, with allusion to bullshit. Alludes to the pledge Read my lips: no new taxes by then-U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
Questions about bushlips
- What does bushlips mean?
- Bushlips means insincere political rhetoric.
- What is bushlips the alternative letter-case form of?
- Bushlips is the alternative letter-case form of Bushlips.
- What part of speech is bushlips?
- Bushlips is a noun.
Words near bushlips in the dictionary
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