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Afterall it is the 'bushwa' class supporting that platform.
Economist's View 2008
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Afterall it is the 'bushwa' class supporting that platform.
Economist's View 2008
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Herb B. said, "My Grandfather would say 'bushwa' (with varied intonation).
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Some repugs may still hold to the hope that somehow we can grasp that brass ring hence all this bushwa about how bad things will be when we pull out.
House GOPers: Media Is "Liberal" Because It Reports Facts About Iraq 2009
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Obama was less clear than his compatriot from Illinois, Durbin, and Levin in repeating the MSM garbage that Democrats must support the troops by giving Bush whatever he asks for to continue the war but when he said Democrats would not play chicken with the troops it was pretty much the same bushwa in my view.
Happy Hour Roundup 2009
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Wall is a tremendously challenging artist, as his stuff essentially mocks both the Cartier-Bresson 'Decisive Moment' as self-glorifying bushwa, and the Modernist painters' photography-induced flight from Realism as cowardice.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007
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This was bushwa of the worst order, I would say; it was Truman who went into Korea (without Congressional authorization), after all.
Lessons From The Philippines Insurrection And Our Overthrow Of Mossadegh, Part II. 2007
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Democrats 'claim that Bush could legally do whatever he wants is only so much bushwa.
We May Need A Huge March On Washington To Force Democrats To Put An End To The War. 2007
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Anyone who watched “The Killing Floor” in Labor Studies class can tell you that contention is just so much bushwa.
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Agreed, the kidnapping of Octavius and his subsequent rescue plus all that bushwa with the eagle were contrived.
HBO's Rome Rogers 2005
slumry commented on the word bushwa
In my experience, primarily an interjection. Bushwa!
also bushwah
July 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bushwa
Not to be confused with bourgeois, I'm sure?
July 12, 2007
slumry commented on the word bushwa
The derivation is unknown, but there is speculation that it is a reference to bourgeois.
July 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bushwa
That's what I'd read somewhere too.
July 12, 2007
reallifepixel commented on the word bushwa
"This is a nice, small joke that provides a few grace notes of levity in what is otherwise a lugubrious exercise in spiritual bushwa."
Scott, A.O. "Movie Review: Seven Pounds (2008) An I.R.S. Do-Gooder and Other Strangeness." The New York Times. December 19, 2008
December 20, 2008
potosino commented on the word bushwa
The OED defines bushwa as "Rubbish, nonsense," and for the etymology notes: "app. a euphemism for BULLSHIT." The latter is, I think, pretty obvious. There is no connection in either etymology, sense, or usage to "bourgeois." The OED cites examples dating back to the 1920s.
December 25, 2009