Former U.S. president George W. Bush is widely known to use nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff.
Family
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! style="width:150px" |Nickname
! style="width:225px" |Personal name
!Notes
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|Poppy
|George H. W. Bush
|41st President of the United States, George W. Bush's father
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|Bushie
|Laura Bush
|Former First Lady of the United States, George W. Bush's wife. Nickname is mutual.
|}
Foreign leaders
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! style="width:150px" |Nickname
! style="width:225px" |Personal name
!Office
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|Dino
|Jean Chrétien
|20th Prime Minister of Canada
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|Pootie-Poot
| rowspan="2" |Vladimir Putin
| rowspan="2" |President and former Prime Minister of Russia
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|Ostrich Legs
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|Bandar Bush
|Bandar bin Sultan
|Former ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia
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|Landslide
|Tony Blair
|Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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|Man of Steel
|John Howard and Kevin Rudd
|Former Prime Ministers of Australia
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|Juni
|Junichiro Koizumi
|56th Prime Minister of Japan
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|Saak
|Mikheil Saakashvili
| 3rd President of Georgia
|}
Staff
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! style="width:150px" |Nickname
! style="width:225px" |Personal name
!Notes
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|Big Time
| rowspan="2" |Dick Cheney
| rowspan="2" |Special Assistant. The latter nickname was given for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail.
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|Altoid Boy
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|Boy Genius
| rowspan="3" |Karl Rove
|Secretary of State
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|Big O
| rowspan="2" |Paul O'Neill
| rowspan="2" |Secretary of the Treasury. "Big O" superseded the alternate term.
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|Pablo
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|Fredo
|Alberto Gonzales
|Attorney General
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|Barty
| rowspan="5" |Dan Bartlett
| rowspan="5" |Deputy Chief of Staff
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|Bart
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|Danny Boy
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|Captain Dan
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|Dan the Man
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|Ari-Bob
|Ari Fleischer
|White House Press Secretary
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|High Prophet
| rowspan="2" |Karen Hughes
| rowspan="2" |Special Advisor, Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush
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|Hurricane Karen
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|The Blade
| rowspan="2" |Mitch Daniels
| rowspan="2" |Office of Management and Budget Director
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|My Man Mitch
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|Big Country
|Joe Allbaugh
|Federal Emergency Management Agency Director
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|Brownie
|Michael D. Brown
|Federal Emergency Management Agency Director
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|Brother George
|George Tenet
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|Tangent Man
|Andrew Card
|White House Chief of Staff
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|Tiny
|Richard Armitage
|Deputy Secretary of State
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|Light Bulb
|Andrew D. Lundquist
|National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director
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|Bullets
|Ann Veneman
|Secretary of Agriculture
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|M&M
|Mary Matalin
|Assistant to Dick Cheney
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|Horny
|Jonathan Horn
|White House Speechwriter
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|Scrote
|Ronny Jackson
|Physician to the President
|}
Politicians
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! style="width:150px" |Nickname
! style="width:225px" |Personal name
!Notes
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|Bama
| rowspan="2" |Barack Obama
| rowspan="2" |44th President of the United States
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|Rock
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|Boner
|John Boehner
|Republican Majority Leader, later Speaker of the House
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|No. 3
|Nancy Pelosi
|Speaker of the House
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|Big Boy
|Chris Christie
|United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, later Governor of New Jersey
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|Jazzman
|John Conyers
|Michigan United States Congressman
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|Pablo
|Paul Wellstone
|Minnesota Senator
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|Pedro
|Peter King
|John McCain
|New York Congressman
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|Nellie
| rowspan="3" |Ben Nelson
| rowspan="3" |Nebraska Senator. "Nellie" was superseded by its alternative.
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|Benny
|New York Senator
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|Ali
|Barbara Boxer
|Massachusetts Congressman
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|Red
|Adam Putnam
|Florida Congressman
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Journalists
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! style="width:150px" |Nickname
! style="width:225px" |Personal name
!Notes
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|The Cobra
|Maureen Dowd
|New York Times columnist
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|Stretch
| rowspan="2" |David Gregory
| rowspan="2" |Television journalist formerly with NBC, currently with CNN
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|Little Stretch
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|Stretch
|Dick Kyle
|Fox News White House correspondent
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|Shades
|Peter Wallsten
|Political reporter with the Wall Street Journal. Bush mocked him for wearing sunglasses inside, not knowing Wallsten is partially blind.
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|Panchito
|Frank Bruni
|New York Times reporter who covered the Bush campaign in 2000
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Others
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! style="width:150px" |Nickname
! style="width:225px" |Personal name
!Notes
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|Kenny Boy
|Kenneth Lay
|Enron Corporation CEO
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|Weadie
| rowspan="2" |Doug Wead
| rowspan="2" |Author
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|Weadnik
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|The Englishman
|Peter McMahon
|Dana Perino's husband
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|Flies on the Eyeballs Guy
|Cofer Black
|Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center
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|Rosey
|Jack Rosen
|Chief Executive of Rosen Partners LLC.
|}
See also
- List of nicknames used by Donald Trump
- List of nicknames of presidents of the United States
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia