Bushism adalah kesalahan kata, frasa, pengucapan, malapropisme, semantik, atau linguistik yang terjadi dalam pidato Presiden Amerika Serikat George W. Bush. Kata ini adalah neologisme yang telah menjadi topik berbagai situs web dan buku dan bahan ejekan bagi Bush.

George W. Bush

Jenis

  • Kata-kata yang bunyinya mirip, misalnya "Nucular power pants" dan bukannya "Nuclear power plants"
  • Membuat neologisme, misalnya "tacular" (portmanteau dari "tactical" dan "nucular") dan "misunderestimated" ("misunderstood" dan "underestimated")
  • Spoonerisme, misalnyas "mexed missages" (mixed messages) dan "terriers and bariffs" (barriers and tariffs)
  • Membuat bentuk jamak dari berbagai kata ("suiciders", "Internets")
  • Struktur kalimat yang redundant, misalnya "We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad."
  • Perubahan tema di tengah kalimat, misalnya "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport."
  • Susunan kata yang salah dalam kalimat, misalnya "give my chance a plan to work"

Contoh-contoh lain

  • "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?"[1][2]
  • "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."[1][2]
  • "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."[1][3]
  • "Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die."[1][4]
  • "I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality."[1][5]
  • "You're working hard to put food on your family."[6][7]
  • "... able to make a living and ... put more money on the table."[1][8]
  • "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."[1][9]
  • "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."[1][10]
  • "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mential losses."[1][6]
  • "They misunderestimated ..."[1][11]
  • "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says: fool me once, shame on ... (long pause) shame on you? (long pause) Fool me - you can't get fooled again."[12][13]
  • "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."[14][15]
  • "It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of ... people that had been trained in some instances to disassemble—that means not tell the truth." [16]
  • "Africa is a nation that suffers incredible disease." [17]
  • "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile" [18]
  • "Nigeria is an important continent." [19]
  • "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." [20]

Rujukan

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Jacob Weisberg. "The Complete Bushisms". Slate Magazine. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-22. 
  2. ^ a b "Remarks by the President at the Radio-Television Correspondents Association 57th Annual Dinner". Office of the Press Secretary. March 29, 2001. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  3. ^ "President Signs Defense Bill". Office of the Press Secretary. August 5, 2004. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  4. ^ "President Bush Meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair". Office of the Press Secretary. December 7, 2006. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  5. ^ "Insurgents Launch Attacks on Shiite Pilgrims as They Celebrate Holy Day; Iraq Strategy; Story of a Champion". CNN. January 30, 2007. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  6. ^ a b Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag <ref> tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernama snopes
  7. ^ George W. Bush (Jan. 27, 2000). (Speech). Nashua, N.H., USA http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushism-foodonfamily.htm. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28.  Tidak memiliki atau tanpa |title= (bantuan)
  8. ^ "President Bush Defends Decision to Send Additional Troops to Iraq". PBS. January 16, 2007. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  9. ^ "President's Remarks at a Victory 2004 Rally in Poplar Bluff, Missouri". Office of the Press Secretary. September 6, 2004. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  10. ^ George W. Bush (Oct. 18, 2000). (Speech). LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA.  Tidak memiliki atau tanpa |title= (bantuan)
  11. ^ "President Thanks CIA". Office of the Press Secretary. September 26, 2001. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  12. ^ "Remarks by the President on Teaching American History and Civic Education, East Literature Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee". The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. September 17 2002. Diakses tanggal 2007-01-31. 
  13. ^ "Bushism Video: Fool Me Once". About:Political Humor. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  14. ^ "The 50 Dumbest Things President Bush Said in His First Term". Diakses tanggal 2007-03-22. 
  15. ^ "President Bush speaks at Townsend Elementary School in Tennessee". The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. February 21, 2001. Diakses tanggal 2007-03-28. 
  16. ^ Whitehouse Press conference from May 31, 2005
  17. ^ News conference in Europe June 15, 2001
  18. ^ Campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa August 21, 2000
  19. ^ http://www.people.ubr.com/authors/by-first-name/g/george-w-bush/george-w-bush-quotes.aspx
  20. ^ http://www.people.ubr.com/authors/by-first-name/g/george-w-bush/george-w-bush-quotes.aspx

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