List of nicknames used by George W. Bush

Former American president George W. Bush (a.k.a. "Bushie", "Dubya") is widely known to use nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff. His penchant for bestowing nicknames may come from his experiences with Skull and Bones, the Yale University secret society that gives every member a nickname. His was reportedly "Temporary", because he never chose a permanent one.^[1]

Bush's nicknaming proclivity is noted enough to have attracted a variety of satire, including a New York Times humor piece and a Doonesbury strip where "Condi" is admonished with the phrase "Careful, Brown Sugar".^[2]

Family

• Poppy, 41, Old Man – George H. W. Bush^[3]
• Bushie – Laura Bush (this is a mutual nickname)

Foreign leaders

• Dino (short for Dinosaur) – Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada^[4]
• Pootie-Poot, Ostrich Legs – Vladimir Putin, President^[5][6][7] and former Prime Minister of Russia
• Bandar Bush – Bandar bin Sultan, ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia^[8]
• Landslide – Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom^[9]
• Man of Steel – John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia^[10]
• Shoes – Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy

Staff

• Big Time, Vice – Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America^[6]
• Rummy – Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense^[7]
• Izzy, Altoid Boy – Special Assistant Israel Hernandez (for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail)^[11]
• Boy Genius, Turd Blossom, the Architect – Senior Advisor Karl Rove^[6][12]
• Condy, Guru – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice^[6]
• The World's Greatest Hero – Secretary of State Colin Powell^[13]
• Big O (current), Pablo (former) – Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill
• Fredo – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales^[6][14]
• Danny Boy, Dan the Man – Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Bartlett
• Ari-Bob – White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer^[15]
• High Prophet, Hurricane Karen – Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush^[16]
• The Blade, My Man Mitch – Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels^[17]
• Big Country – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh^[18]
• Brownie – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael D. Brown^[19]
• Brother George – CIA Director George Tenet
• Sit Room Guy – White House Situation Room Director James P. Wisecup
• Tree Man – Bush's unnamed Forest Services official ^[20]
• La Margarita – Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings^[21]
• Tangent Man – White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card
• Tiny – Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage^[22]
• Light Bulb – National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director Andrew D. Lundquist.
• Bullets – Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman^[23]
• M&M – assistant to Vice President Cheney Mary Matalin^[24]

Politicians

• Bama, Rock – Barack Obama, former Democratic Senator, Illinois, Bush's successor as President of the United States^[25]
• Boner – John Boehner, former Republican Majority Leader, current Speaker of the House ^[26]
• Big Boy – Chris Christie, former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, current Governor of New Jersey ^[27]
• Pablo – Paul Wellstone, Democratic Senator, Minnesota^[28]
• Pedro – Peter King, Republican Congressman from New York^[9]
• Hogan^[29] – John McCain, Republican Senator, Arizona^[9]
• Big George – George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California^[3]
• Freddy Boy, Freddo – Fred Upton, Republican Congressman from Michigan^[3]
• Congressman Kickass – John Sweeney, Republican Congressman, New York^[30]
• Nellie (former), Benney (former), Benator (current) – Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator, Nebraska(Daily Show, 02/28/05)
• Ellis – Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer, Democratic Senator, New York^[31]
• Ali – Barbara Boxer, Democratic Senator, California^[9]
• Frazier – Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Senator, California^[9]
• Sabertooth – Barney Frank, Democratic Congressman, Massachusetts^[32]
• Red – Adam Putnam, Republican Congressman, Florida^[33]

Journalists

• The Cobra – Maureen Dowd^[34]
• Stretch/Little Stretch – David Gregory, NBC^[35][36][37]
• Stretch – Dick Kyle, Bloomberg News^[37]
• Super Stretch – Bill Sammon, then of The Washington Times, now of The Washington Examiner^[37]
• Mikey – Mike Emanuel, Fox News^[38]
• Shades – Peter Wallsten, blind reporter for the Los Angeles Times^[39]
• Panchito – Frank Bruni, reporter who covered Bush campaign in 2000 for the New York Times^[40]

Others

• Kenny Boy – Kenneth Lay^[41]
• Weadie, Weadnik – author Doug Wead ^[42]
• The Englishman – Peter McMahon, husband of Dana Perino ^[43]
• Flies on the Eyeballs Guy – Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center Cofer Black ^[44]
• Rosey – appointee Jack Rosen^[45]

See also

• List of nicknames of United States presidents
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References

External links

• Nicknames used by George W. Bush at NNDB

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