Bushlips
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 insincere political rhetoric dated, derogatory, uncountable
""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' and sends a budget requiring the Finance Committee to raise $20 billion in new revenues: $15 billion in taxes and $5 billion in user fees.""
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Bushlips. alt-of, uncountable
Example
More examples""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' and sends a budget requiring the Finance Committee to raise $20 billion in new revenues: $15 billion in taxes and $5 billion in user fees.""
Etymology
From Bush + lips, alludes to pledge "Read my lips: no new taxes" by then-U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
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