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Fred A Levy Haskell
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06 December 2003 @ 06:40 pm
From Molly Ivins, Nothin' But Good Times Ahead  

The next reporter who [does this, that, or the other thing] ought to be Bushururued, as they now say in Japan, meaning to have somone puke in your lap. —Page 91.

I don't know if that's a real coinage or if she just made it up, but I find it irresistible.

 
 
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A Wandering Hobbitredbird on December 6th, 2003 05:04 pm (UTC)
No, the Japanese coined that after the Shrub's father did precisely that at a state dinner.
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Fred A Levy Haskell: eyes of the Fredcritterfredcritter on December 6th, 2003 09:30 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I reckoned that incident was whence it came, I just didn't know if it was truly a Japanese coinage or merely an urban legend. Thanks!
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the laughing leaping waterminnehaha on December 6th, 2003 10:17 pm (UTC)
It's a real Japanese-English word.

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Fred A Levy Haskell: eyes of the Fredcritterfredcritter on December 8th, 2003 10:43 am (UTC)
Cool! Thanks for the information.
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