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noun
Insincere political rhetoric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, derogatory, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bushlips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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History
From Bush + lips, with allusion to bullshit. Alludes to the pledge Read my lips: no new taxes by then-U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
