List of nicknames used by George W. Bush
# List of nicknames used by George W. Bush

Former American President George W. Bush is widely known to use nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff.

## Family

| Nickname | Personal name | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Poppy | George H. W. Bush | 41st President of the United States, George W. Bush's father |
| Bushie | Laura Bush | 43rd First Lady of the United States, George W. Bush's wife. Nickname is mutual. |

## Foreign leaders

| Nickname | Personal name | Office |
| - | - | - |
| Dino | Jean Chrétien | 20th Prime Minister of Canada |
| Pootie-Poot | Vladimir Putin | President and former Prime Minister of Russia |
| Ostrich Legs | Vladimir Putin | President and former Prime Minister of Russia |
| Bandar Bar | Bandar bin Sultan | Former ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia |
| Landslide | Tony Blair | Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Man of Steel | John Howard and Kevin Rudd | Former Prime Ministers of Australia |
| Juni | Junichiro Koizumi | 56th Prime Minister of Japan |
| Saak | Mikheil Saakashvili | 3rd President of Georgia |

## Staff

| Nickname | Personal name | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Big Time | Dick Cheney | 46th Vice President of the United States of America |
| Vice | Dick Cheney | 46th Vice President of the United States of America |
| Rummy | Donald Rumsfeld | 21st Secretary of Defense |
| Izzy | Israel Hernandez | Special Assistant. The latter nickname was given for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail. |
| Altoid Boy | Israel Hernandez | Special Assistant. The latter nickname was given for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail. |
| Boy Genius | Karl Rove | Senior Advisor to the President of the United States |
| Turd Blossom | Karl Rove | Senior Advisor to the President of the United States |
| The Architect | Karl Rove | Senior Advisor to the President of the United States |
| Condi | Condoleezza Rice | Secretary of State |
| Guru | Condoleezza Rice | Secretary of State |
| The World's Greatest Hero | Colin Powell | Secretary of State |
| Big O | Paul O'Neill | Secretary of the Treasury. "Big O" superseded the alternate term. |
| Pablo | Paul O'Neill | Secretary of the Treasury. "Big O" superseded the alternate term. |
| Fredo | Alberto Gonzales | Attorney General |
| Barty | Dan Bartlett | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Bart | Dan Bartlett | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Danny Boy | Dan Bartlett | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Captain Dan | Dan Bartlett | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Dan the Man | Dan Bartlett | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Ari-Bob | Ari Fleischer | White House Press Secretary |
| High Prophet | Karen Hughes | Special Advisor, Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush |
| Hurricane Karen | Karen Hughes | Special Advisor, Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush |
| The Blade | Mitch Daniels | Office of Management and Budget Director |
| My Man Mitch | Mitch Daniels | Office of Management and Budget Director |
| Big Country | Joe Allbaugh | Federal Emergency Management Agency Director |
| Brownie | Michael D. Brown | Federal Emergency Management Agency Director |
| Brother George | George Tenet | CIA Director |
| Tree Man | Unnamed | Forest Service official |
| Tangent Man | Andrew Card | White House Chief of Staff |
| Tiny | Richard Armitage | Deputy Secretary of State |
| Light Bulb | Andrew D. Lundquist | National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director |
| Bullets | Ann Veneman | Secretary of Agriculture |
| M&M | Mary Matalin | Assistant to Dick Cheney |
| Horny | Jonathan Horn | White House Speechwriter |
| Scrote | Ronny Jackson | Physician to the President |

## Politicians

| Nickname | Personal name | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Bama | Barack Obama | 44th President of the United States |
| Rock | Barack Obama | 44th President of the United States |
| Boner | John Boehner | Republican Majority Leader, later Speaker of the House |
| No. 3 | Nancy Pelosi | Speaker of the House |
| Big Boy | Chris Christie | United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, later Governor of New Jersey |
| Jazzman | John Conyers | Michigan United States Congressman |
| Pablo | Paul Wellstone | Minnesota Senator |
| Pedro | Peter King | New York Congressman |
| Hogan | John McCain | Arizona Senator, Republican nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election |
| Big George | George Miller | California Congressman |
| Freddy Boy | Fred Upton | Michigan Congressman |
| Freddo | Fred Upton | Michigan Congressman |
| Congressman Kickass | John Sweeney | New York Congressman |
| Nellie | Ben Nelson | Nebraska Senator. "Nellie" was superseded by its alternative. |
| Benny | Ben Nelson | Nebraska Senator. "Nellie" was superseded by its alternative. |
| Benator | Ben Nelson | Nebraska Senator. "Nellie" was superseded by its alternative. |
| Ellis | Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer | New York Senator |
| Ali | Barbara Boxer | California Senator |
| Frazier | Dianne Feinstein | California Senator |
| Sabertooth | Barney Frank | Massachusetts Congressman |
| Red | Adam Putnam | Florida Congressman |

## Journalists

| Nickname | Personal name | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| The Cobra | Maureen Dowd | New York Times columnist |
| Stretch | David Gregory | Television journalist formerly with NBC, currently with CNN |
| Little Stretch | David Gregory | Television journalist formerly with NBC, currently with CNN |
| Stretch | Dick Kyle | Political correspondent with Bloomberg News |
| Super Stretch | Bill Sammon | Former White House correspondent for The Washington Times and The Washington Examiner, current Fox News editing manager |
| Mikey | Mike Emanuel | Fox News White House correspondent |
| Shades | Peter Wallsten | Political reporter with the Wall Street Journal. Bush mocked him for wearing sunglasses inside, not knowing Wallsten is partially blind. |
| Panchito | Frank Bruni | New York Times reporter who covered the Bush campaign in 2000 |

## Others

| Nickname | Personal name | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Kenny Boy | Kenneth Lay | Enron Corporation CEO |
| Weadie | Doug Wead | Author |
| Weadnik | Doug Wead | Author |
| The Englishman | Peter McMahon | Dana Perino's husband |
| Flies on the Eyeballs Guy | Cofer Black | Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center |
| Rosey | Jack Rosen | Chief Executive of Rosen Partners LLC. |
