Speaking of other great memories of our youths, I was reading about Bill Clinton on Daily Kos and started wondering when he started being called Big Dog/Dawg. Presidential nicknames intrigue me. Reagan got The Gipper (holdover from the movies) and The Great Communicator, but I can't think of any other recent president to have a commonly recognized, ie, used in publications, nicknames--especially ones that can be used in front of puritanical aunts.
Yes, there's also Slick Willy, but the Other Side always comes up with something.
I can't think of any other recent president to have a commonly recognized, ie, used in publications, nicknames
How about "W., You Shithead"?
I kid. Sadly.
W., without the addenda, works, though I wonder if that's more as a differentiation between him and Dad.
And it makes my world tremble to realize that I have had occasion to say, "You know, George the Elder wasn't really so bad."
And it makes my world tremble to realize that I have had occasion to say, "You know, George the Elder wasn't really so bad."
Yeah, I've been thinking that for years, so I've gotten used to the world tremble. At least he was
sane....
I was gonna say W, Steph. Also Dubya.
At least he was sane....
Wrod. And could name nations of the world and had a fair shot at finding them on the map.
Molly Ivins made up "Shrub".
"Shrub" caught on in some quarters.
Nobody's got anything on the etymology of Big Dog? Though these days Silver Fox is a good alternate. Some men do age well.
