(noun) Extreme degree of screwup or fuckup or snafu, often linked to fatalities, disease, destruction and no way out. Derived from President George W. Bush, the ultimate source right now of bushups, but he does have relatives and staff and fellow Republicans, and God is not always kind, so the term is not going away.
The Shiite stampede on a bridge in Baghdad, killing a thousand, and caused by too much security, was a classic bushup.
If North Korea nukes Japan, that will be a real bushup.
New Orleans has a bad case of multiple bushups.
If North Korea nukes Japan, that will be a real bushup.
New Orleans has a bad case of multiple bushups.
by John Marshall September 1, 2005