"Turd Blossom" (or Sand Turd) is a
Texan United States term for a flower which grows from a pile of
cow dung. As Turd Blossom, the term has gained fame in the United States as
a nickname that was reportedly assigned by former
U.S. President George W. Bush as a
term of endearment for his former chief political advisor,
Karl Rove
Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is an American Republican political consultant, policy advisor, and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 3 ...
.
In July 2005, several newspapers declined to run two ''
Doonesbury''
comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...
s portraying Bush addressing Rove by this nickname.
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Presidency of George W. Bush
Nicknames of politicians
American slang
Texas culture