# Presidential nicknames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-nicknames/259357>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 11, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-nicknames/259357 "2004-08-11T14:49:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-nicknames/259357/21 "2004-08-14T11:47:41Z")

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I know someone who calls GWB “the smirking bush”

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-nicknames/259357/22 "2004-08-14T15:58:45Z")

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The **GWB** moniker is very confusing to NYC area people, who immediately think “George Washington Bridge”?

Eisenhower was “I Like Ike.”

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