Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

definition of bush

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU
 
north houston dem Donating Member (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:19 PM
Original message
definition of bush
From Wicked Words:
A Treasury of Curses, Insults, Put-Downs, and other formerly unprintable terms from Anglo-Saxon times to present.
by Hugh Rawson
(one of my new favorites)

bush. Small-time, rinky-dink, second-rate and most of all when characterizing a persons behavior, unprofessional; from bush league, a baseball minor league. "...he rejected such epithets as selfish, callous, and ungrateful. He chose inept, an Ivy League euphemism for ' bush'" (Red Smith, New York Times, 12/20,77) The derogation sometimes appears in full and has proven useful enough to be adopted in non-athletic contexts, e.g. "He was a bush-league Chicago gambler" (A. Hynd, public enemies, 1949)

hahahahahahah :evilgrin: :rofl:

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC