-n.:
A
politician(1) who avoids dealing with special interest, big
oil, and corporate(1) lobbyists(1).
(ex. 1)
-n. idea:
To stop(4) worrying(3) what people(3) think(3) of(3) you(2), and saying what you truly believe(1). This generally happens when a person(2) is under the influence(1) of
alcohol(2). Not necessarily a good(2) thing(8-1). Not necessarily bad(6-1).
(ex. 2, ex.3)
-adj. personality descriptor:
A type of person(2) who
will say(4) what is on their mind, whether right(23) or wrong(3),
popular(19) or not.
(ex.3, ex. 4)
-v. emotional(1) or psychological action:
Going Bulworth:
A primary(1) instance of this.
(ex. 2)
-v. emotional(1) or psychological action:
Gone Bulworth:
Continually doing this, perhaps uncontrollably.
(ex. 4)
-v. psychological action:
Pulling a/the Bulworth:
The act of intentionally saying what is unpopular(1) to get(5) a rise(2) out of people(3).
(ex. 3, ex.4)
Reference to the 1998 Warren Beatty(1) film: Bulworth
ex. 1:
Obama really went Bulworth in his first presidential campaign.
ex. 2:
Mel
Gibson(1)'s drunken(1) rant(1).
ex. 3:
Sacha Baron
Cohen is a Bulworth when he plays Borat, Bruno, and Ali G.
ex. 4:
Anything Bill O'
Reilly(2) has ever said.
