bushland
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
Australian usage; Countable; Uncountable
name
The United States of America under the presidency of George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2009.
American usage; Slang
name
The parts of the United States of America where George W. Bush finds high support; Bush’s geographical support base.
American usage; Slang
Example Sentences
- "If you do not *know* that Bush lied to about why this country was invading a country that was NOT a threat, imminent or otherwise to this nation, you are psychologically delusional. You seem to be one of the 12%+ ultraconservative fanatics who think everything is find^([sic]) in Iraq and Bushland."
- ">Another case where Bush makes us less secure just to make defense >contractors richer. No, it's because in Bushland, all military functions must be controlled by political interests, and not be able to get out from under that control. The mountain was bug-proof, etc, and couldn't be gotten at if the people running the facility there didn't want it to be."
- "But while Bush is not yet working on a victory speech for a year from tonight, there is optimism in Bushland. “We’re winning,” a top Bush aide said as the candidate prepped for a recent speech."
- "Arguably, they already have ended the tenure of a too-candid U.S. commissioner of education statistics, Pascal Forgione Jr., and won nomination as his successor an education researcher, Lauress Wise, who furnished a creative reinterpretation of NAEP data that was favorable to the Clinton-Gore Administration. Mr. Forgione is now school superintendent in Austin, Texas, deep in the heart of Bushland."
- "There has been much talk since the election to the effect that “two nations” were evenly matched in the contest: roughly speaking, the rural, inland, heavily male, and white Bushland versus the urban, coastal, heavily female, black, and immigrant Goreland."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Australian usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Slang