The un-Bush

Context?

Hi Grammar Geek,

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Europe fears Obama's ignoring it.

Europeans still adore him as the un-Bush. But no one can work out what he wants from or for Europe.

Thank you.

Tinanam

tinanam0102Europeans still adore him as the un-Bush.

Hi,

I'd take it as "the opposite of Bush".

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/un_1

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Hi Tanit,

Thank you very much.

Tinanam

"Un" almost always means "not": unsure, uncertain, uneaxplained.

To say someon is "unBush like" means that they are not like Bush.

Eg. Obama is very un-Bush-like.

Take care, Mo

Ps - not great English.

Hi Moduffycobb,

I had the whole meaning wrong. Thank you for your help.

Tinanam

Oh, tinanam, one more note:
For a while the soda (soft drink, pop, carbonated beverage) 7Up was billed as "the uncola." It is completely unlike Coke and Pepsi, both colas, and I think that marketing campaign had quite a lot of success.

I don't know if they still use that line, but it was popular enough that people would still remember it and use that "un" phrase in other application

Hi Grammar Geek,

Thank you for this piece of information. What are these phrases called in today's English language?

Tinanam