English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of Bush +‎ terminator.

Proper noun edit

the Bushinator

  1. (US politics, often derogatory) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
    • 2000 September 17, Ronald Hsu, “Bush is best – or at least, lesser of 4 evils”, in Florida Today, volume 39, number 181, Melbourne, FL: Cape Publications Inc., →ISSN, The Verge, page 12D:
      Therefore, I’ve developed my own Presidential Candidate Rating System. The PCRS is based on the four candidates – Bigoted Buchanan, the Bushinator, Garish Gore and Nincompoop Nader – ranking them on an uncurved 100 point scale, based on the Florida Public School Grading Scale.
    • 2004 November 6, Jennifer Mills, “Election results depression”, in Fort McMurray Today, volume 8, number 44, Fort McMurray, Alta., page 6:
      And this is why we should all be preparing to move to some oil free European, Asian or African nation. Let’s face it living in Fort McMurray can’t be safe with the Bushinator back in office for another four years.
    • 2006 April 23, Roger, “Re: About all this ANZAC day stuff”, in aus.politics[1] (Usenet):
      Maybe Labour will promise to have Howard tried for war crimes, but I think the US would invade us if that happened. It would nt[sic] do for the Bushinator's mates to get shipped off to the[sic] Hague.