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English in UK
Bush's "bush" (unprofessional) behavior
I knew the word "bush league" (minor league), but
I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as an adjective.
My question: How common is this usage?
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
Main Entry: 5bush
Function: adjective
Etymology: short for bush-league
falling below acceptable standards : UNPROFESSIONAL
My question: How common is this usage?
My guess is that it's pretty uncommon, otherwise
there would've been lots of headlines like
"Bush's Bush Behavior:
Brand-new Boo-boo by the Blundering, Bungling Baboon"
In the UK, also add: Bloody
Bush: bonobo-brained bubba
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I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as an adjective.
My question: How common is this usage?
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
Main Entry: 5bush
Function: adjective
Etymology: short for bush-league
falling below acceptable standards : UNPROFESSIONAL
My question: How common is this usage?
My guess is that it's pretty uncommon, otherwise
there would've been lots of headlines like
"Bush's Bush Behavior:
Brand-new Boo-boo by the Blundering, Bungling Baboon"
In the UK, also add: Bloody
Bush: bonobo-brained bubba
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[nq:1]I knew the word "bush league" (minor league), but I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as ... [/nq] I used to hear it a lot playing basketball games in the 70s.. Someone might grab a shirt to prevent someone from getting to a ball, or a superior team might run up the score needlessly against an inferior team.
- [nq:1]I knew the word "bush league" (minor league), but I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as ...
- [/nq] I used to hear it a lot playing basketball games in the 70s..
- Someone might grab a shirt to prevent someone from getting to a ball, or a superior team might run up the score needlessly against an inferior team.
- " as a complaint.
- It wasn't strictly Ebonics, but blacks used the term a lot.
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[nq:1]I knew the word "bush league" (minor league), but I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as ... bush-league : falling below acceptable standards : UNPROFESSIONAL My question: How common is this usage?[/nq]
I used to hear it a lot playing basketball games in the 70s.. Someone might grab a shirt to prevent someone from getting to a ball, or a superior team might run u
I used to hear it a lot playing basketball games in the 70s.. Someone might grab a shirt to prevent someone from getting to a ball, or a superior team might run u
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T. Z. wrote on 11 Apr 2004:
[nq:1]I knew the word "bush league" (minor league), but I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as ... like "Bush's Bush Behavior: Brand-new Boo-boo by the Blundering, Bungling Baboon" In the UK, also add: ****** Bush: bonobo-brained bubba[/nq]
While "bush league" was common when I was in high school in the '50s, "bush" was not often used. M-
[nq:1]I knew the word "bush league" (minor league), but I didn't know "bush" (unprofessional) by itself can be used as ... like "Bush's Bush Behavior: Brand-new Boo-boo by the Blundering, Bungling Baboon" In the UK, also add: ****** Bush: bonobo-brained bubba[/nq]
While "bush league" was common when I was in high school in the '50s, "bush" was not often used. M-
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[nq:1]While "bush league" was common when I was in high school in the '50s, "bush" was not often used. M-W11 dates the usage from 1959, though. Perhaps it was more common in other parts of the US. I lived in metro NYC/NJ.[/nq]
I grew up in the same area, at the same time and although "bush league" was more common, I did hear and use the word "bush" to describe unprofessional behavior whether i
I grew up in the same area, at the same time and although "bush league" was more common, I did hear and use the word "bush" to describe unprofessional behavior whether i
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[nq:2]While "bush league" was common when I was in high ... other parts of the US. I lived in metro NYC/NJ.[/nq]
[nq:1]I grew up in the same area, at the same time and although "bush league" was more common, I did ... performance of those around him. Nevertheless, there is no question that "bush" is just a shortened form of "bush league".[/nq]
I have known and used 'bush' for years to desc
[nq:1]I grew up in the same area, at the same time and although "bush league" was more common, I did ... performance of those around him. Nevertheless, there is no question that "bush" is just a shortened form of "bush league".[/nq]
I have known and used 'bush' for years to desc
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[nq:1]Nevertheless, there is no question that "bush" is just a shortened form of "bush league".[/nq]
Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even
townsmen use "the bush" to mean the
unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate
with Dogpatch.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even
townsmen use "the bush" to mean the
unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate
with Dogpatch.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:2]Nevertheless, there is no question that "bush" is just a shortened form of "bush league".[/nq]
[nq:1]Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even townsmen use "the bush" to mean the unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate with Dogpatch.[/nq]
But "bush league" referred to small-town baseball teams/leagues those that were out in the bush. I think the image is of baseball being played in pas
[nq:1]Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even townsmen use "the bush" to mean the unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate with Dogpatch.[/nq]
But "bush league" referred to small-town baseball teams/leagues those that were out in the bush. I think the image is of baseball being played in pas
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[nq:2]Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even townsmen use "the bush" to mean the unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate with Dogpatch.[/nq]
[nq:1]But "bush league" referred to small-town baseball teams/leagues those that were out in the bush. I think the image is of baseball being played in pastures, with intermittent thistles and cow-pies as obstacles to be knocked down to enable play.[/nq]
[nq:1]But "bush league" referred to small-town baseball teams/leagues those that were out in the bush. I think the image is of baseball being played in pastures, with intermittent thistles and cow-pies as obstacles to be knocked down to enable play.[/nq]
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[nq:1]That's the image of "bush league", but surely the "league" part isn't inevitably associated with "bush". To me, "the bush" ... pick-up or sand- lot games: "We may be in the bush, but, hey: we're players in this here league, y'know...")[/nq]
Granted that in Canada they use the term "bush" to refer to the "outback" and they do also in Australia where even Americans know that "the bush" mea
Granted that in Canada they use the term "bush" to refer to the "outback" and they do also in Australia where even Americans know that "the bush" mea
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Brian Wickham:
[nq:2]Nevertheless, there is no question that "bush" is just a shortened form of "bush league".[/nq]
Don Phillipson:
[nq:1]Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even townsmen use "the bush" to mean the unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate with Dogpatch.[/nq]
Don (and Harvey Van Sickle) must be from some other Canada, where "townsmen" is a word and "the bush" has what
[nq:2]Nevertheless, there is no question that "bush" is just a shortened form of "bush league".[/nq]
Don Phillipson:
[nq:1]Not everywhere, cf. Canada where even townsmen use "the bush" to mean the unfarmed wilderness, more or less cognate with Dogpatch.[/nq]
Don (and Harvey Van Sickle) must be from some other Canada, where "townsmen" is a word and "the bush" has what
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