bushland

plural bushlands

1. AustraliacountableuncountableAn area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.

1. USslanguncommongovernmentThe United States of America under the presidency of George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2009.

   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.

   2006 December 31, Tom Sr., “BAD TIMING FOR BUSH! SADDAM EXECUTED!!”, in alt.politics (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026

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   >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.

   2007 May 29, Scotius, “Why Is NORAD Moving From Inside A Mountain To Outside One?”, in alt.politics (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026

   Synonyms: Bushmerica

2. USslanguncommongovernmentThe parts of the United States of America where George W. Bush finds high support; Bush’s geographical support base.

   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.

   1999 November 7, Ken Herman, “Election strategists have minds on math”, in Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A16, column 2

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   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.

   2000 April 13, Robert Holland, “Ripples in the testing pool”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2021

   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.

   2000 December 8, Todd Gitlin, “The Renaissance of Anti-Intellectualism”, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C., →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2021