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Former American President George W. Bush is widely known to use nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff.

Family[edit]

Nickname Personal name Notes
Poppy George H. W. Bush[1] 41st President of the United States, George W. Bush's father
Bushie Laura Bush[2] 43rd First Lady of the United States, George W. Bush's wife. Nickname is mutual.

Foreign leaders[edit]

Nickname Personal name Office
Dino Jean Chrétien[3] 20th Prime Minister of Canada
Pootie-Poot Vladimir Putin[4][5][6] President and former Prime Minister of Russia
Ostrich Legs
Bandar Bar Bandar bin Sultan[7] Former ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia
Landslide Tony Blair[8] Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Man of Steel John Howard and Kevin Rudd[9] Former Prime Ministers of Australia
Juni Junichiro Koizumi[10] 56th Prime Minister of Japan
Saak Mikheil Saakashvili[11] 3rd President of Georgia

Staff[edit]

Nickname Personal name Notes
Big Time Dick Cheney[5] 46th Vice President of the United States of America
Vice
Rummy Donald Rumsfeld[6] 21st Secretary of Defense
Izzy Israel Hernandez[12] Special Assistant. The latter nickname was given for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail.
Altoid Boy
Boy Genius Karl Rove[5] Senior Advisor to the President of the United States
Turd Blossom
The Architect
Condi Condoleezza Rice[5] Secretary of State
Guru
The World's Greatest Hero Colin Powell[13] Secretary of State
Big O Paul O'Neill[14][15] Secretary of the Treasury. "Big O" superseded the alternate term.
Pablo
Fredo Alberto Gonzales[5][16] Attorney General
Barty Dan Bartlett[17] Deputy Chief of Staff
Bart
Danny Boy
Captain Dan
Dan the Man
Ari-Bob Ari Fleischer[18] White House Press Secretary
High Prophet Karen Hughes[19] Special Advisor, Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush
Hurricane Karen
The Blade Mitch Daniels[20] Office of Management and Budget Director
My Man Mitch
Big Country Joe Allbaugh[21] Federal Emergency Management Agency Director
Brownie Michael D. Brown[22] Federal Emergency Management Agency Director
Brother George George Tenet[6] CIA Director
Tree Man Unnamed Forest Service official[23]
Tangent Man Andrew Card[24] White House Chief of Staff
Tiny Richard Armitage[25] Deputy Secretary of State
Light Bulb Andrew D. Lundquist[26] National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director
Bullets Ann Veneman[27] Secretary of Agriculture
M&M Mary Matalin[28] Assistant to Dick Cheney
Horny Jonathan Horn[29] White House Speechwriter
Scrote Ronny Jackson[30] Physician to the President

Politicians[edit]

Nickname Personal name Notes
Bama Barack Obama[31] 44th President of the United States
Rock
Boner John Boehner[32] Republican Majority Leader, later Speaker of the House
No. 3 Nancy Pelosi[33] Speaker of the House
Big Boy Chris Christie[34] United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, later Governor of New Jersey
Jazzman John Conyers[35] Michigan United States Congressman
Pablo Paul Wellstone[36] Minnesota Senator
Pedro Peter King[8] New York Congressman
Hogan[37] John McCain[8] Arizona Senator, Republican nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election
Big George George Miller[1] California Congressman
Freddy Boy Fred Upton[1] Michigan Congressman
Freddo
Congressman Kickass John Sweeney[38] New York Congressman
Nellie[39] Ben Nelson[40] Nebraska Senator. "Nellie" was superseded by its alternative.
Benny[39]
Benator
Ellis Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer[41] New York Senator
Ali Barbara Boxer[8] California Senator
Frazier Dianne Feinstein[8] California Senator
Sabertooth Barney Frank[42] Massachusetts Congressman
Red Adam Putnam[43] Florida Congressman

Journalists[edit]

Nickname Personal name Notes
The Cobra Maureen Dowd[44] New York Times columnist
Stretch David Gregory[45][46][47] Television journalist formerly with NBC, currently with CNN
Little Stretch
Stretch Dick Kyle[47] Political correspondent with Bloomberg News
Super Stretch Bill Sammon[47] Former White House correspondent for The Washington Times and The Washington Examiner, current Fox News editing manager
Mikey Mike Emanuel[48] Fox News White House correspondent
Shades Peter Wallsten[49] Political reporter with the Wall Street Journal. Bush mocked him for wearing sunglasses inside, not knowing Wallsten is partially blind.
Panchito Frank Bruni[50] New York Times reporter who covered the Bush campaign in 2000

Others[edit]

Nickname Personal name Notes
Kenny Boy Kenneth Lay[51] Enron Corporation CEO
Weadie Doug Wead[52] Author
Weadnik
The Englishman Peter McMahon[53] Dana Perino's husband
Flies on the Eyeballs Guy Cofer Black[54] Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center
Rosey Jack Rosen[55] Chief Executive of Rosen Partners LLC.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Trudeau, Garry (January 31, 2001). "On being dubbed by Dubya". CNN. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  2. ^ Gormley, Beatrice. Laura Bush: America's First Lady. p. 89.
  3. ^ "CBC News Indepth: Canada – U.S. relations". CBC News. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Paul (May 23, 2002). "Analysis: Bush and Putin on nickname terms". BBC News. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e Parade, "Bye-Bye Landslide & Fredo", September 30, 2007, p. 19
  6. ^ a b c "George W. Bush's Nicknames". About.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  7. ^ "Profile: Prince Bandar". BBC News. June 7, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d e "George W. Bush's Nicknames for His Friends and Enemies". Nymag.com. May 21, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  9. ^ "AM – Bush anoints Rudd as the new 'man of steel'". Abc.net.au. March 29, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  10. ^ "The reason why George nevertheless enjoys Juni - dideiva.lt". www.dideiva.lt. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Interview with Mikheil Saakashvili by Dmitry Gordon
  12. ^ "Names & Faces". The Washington Post. June 26, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  13. ^ Hasan, Mehdi (January 2, 2002). "NS Profile – Colin Powell". New Statesman. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  14. ^ "Bush Sought 'Way' To Invade Iraq?". CBS News. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  15. ^ "The education of Paul O'Neill". TODAY. January 13, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  16. ^ Elliott, Justin. "A Gonzales resignation is not enough". Salon. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  17. ^ Milbank, Dana (April 28, 2002). "Message Man Is Like a Younger Bush". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  18. ^ "JewishJournal.com". JewishJournal.com. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  19. ^ "'Hurricane Karen' blows hot for Bush". The Age. Melbourne. March 31, 2004.
  20. ^ Slevin, Peter (October 4, 2004). "In Indiana Race, Bush's Budget Blade Becomes 'My Man Mitch'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  21. ^ Stevens, Dana (September 28, 2011). "Who Is Joe Allbaugh?". Slate. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  22. ^ "Top Worldwide". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  23. ^ Borger, Julian (May 20, 2002). "Bush's love of Pootie-Poot Putin". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  24. ^ Taibbi, Matt (March 1, 2016). "Revenge of the Simple: How George W. Bush Gave Rise to Trump". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  25. ^ "FRONTLINE: bush's war". PBS. March 24, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  26. ^ Abramowitz, Michael; Mufson, Steven (July 18, 2007). "Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  27. ^ "Ann Veneman". www.nndb.com.
  28. ^ "Political Consultant Mary Matalin Plays Not My Job", Wait Wait....Don't Tell Me!, January 11, 2014
  29. ^ Latimer, Matthew (September 22, 2009). Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor. Crown/Archetype. ISBN 9780307463739.
  30. ^ "Dr. Ronny Jackson Trump's Pick to Head VA Was Nicknamed 'Scrote' by George W. Bush", April 19, 2018
  31. ^ "Barack Obama on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" - 5/12/06" on YouTube
  32. ^ "The Crying Shame of John Boehner". Rolling Stone. January 5, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  33. ^ "Washington's new power standoff - Trump, Pelosi". Times Union. December 3, 2018. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  34. ^ "Chris Christie and the discipline of fear". The New York Observer. January 15, 2014.
  35. ^ Woodward, Bob (April 19, 2003). Plan of Attack. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-5547-9.
  36. ^ Bas, Dana (February 2, 2001). "Senate Democrats welcome Bush appearance at retreat". CNN. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  37. ^ Adams, Cindy (August 8, 2008). "Get A Handle On Exiting Prez". New York Post. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008.
  38. ^ Mahoney, Joe (November 11, 2007). "Former Rep. John Sweeney charged with aggravated DWI". Daily News. New York.
  39. ^ a b "Bush uses new nickname for senator". CNN. January 14, 2005. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005.
  40. ^ Stewart, Jon (host) (February 28, 2005). "February 28, 2005 - Ben Nelson". The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Season 10. Episode 27. Comedy Central.
  41. ^ "Chuck Schumer's Political Future". Newyorkmetro.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  42. ^ "Barney Frank zings Bill O'Reilly, GOP foes". BostonHerald.com. Associated Press. November 9, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  43. ^ "hungrycoyote's Blog | Talking Points Memo | Putnam, Tudor Clash in Forum (FL-12)". Tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com. October 22, 2008. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  44. ^ "Editorial: Publishing world / Maureen Dowd offers reheated morsels". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 16, 2004.
  45. ^ "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bush on Ribs". Snopes.com. August 19, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  46. ^ "campaigndesk.org". Archived from the original on February 7, 2005.
  47. ^ a b c Born, Matt (May 31, 2002). "Bush snarls as White House pack closes in". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  48. ^ ""Mikey" Emanuel's Embarrassing Moment". Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
  49. ^ Cornwell, Rupert (June 16, 2006). "Bush shows his sensitive side, telling blind journalist: 'I'm interested in the shade look'". The Independent. London. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  50. ^ The Nation: Frank Bruni, the Plutocrats’ Pundit. Eric Alterman, September 18, 2013.
  51. ^ "Documents - The Smoking Gun". www.thesmokinggun.com. June 12, 2014.
  52. ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (February 20, 2005). "In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the Future President". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  53. ^ Baxter, Sarah (December 9, 2007). "Bushs cool blonde is a northern gran". The Times. London. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  54. ^ [Woodward, Bush at War, pp.53.]
  55. ^ Jack Rosen, by Aly David Archived August 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, www.lifestylesmagazine.com, c2007

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_George_W._Bush

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