Borisism

English Etymology From en Boris -ism. Pronunciation en /ˈbɔ.rɪ.zɪ.zəm/ US en ɪzəm 4 Noun en UK politics A turn of phrase employed by British politician Boris Johnson. en-GB Patrick Wintour Boris Johnson positions himself perfectly for Tory leadership bid The Guardian 2014-08-06 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/06/boris-johnson-tory-leadership-bid 0261-3077 Boris Johnson, in typical faux-naif Borisism, said once of his leadership ambitions that he might "pick up the ball if it came loose from the back of the scrum". en Harry Mount The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson 2019 Bloomsbury https://books.google.com/books?id=_z2lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR40&dq=%22Borisisms%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Borisisms%22&f=false 978-1-4729-7652-9 The day after his arrival in Birmingham, in the conference hall, he crammed his speech with Borisisms. en-GB Jonathan Freedland The stench coming from this government? It’s the corrupt mixture of private wealth and public squalor The Guardian 2023-01-27 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/27/private-affluence-public-squalor-boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-nadhim-zahawi-richard-sharp 0261-3077 Sharp says there was no such conflict, echoed by Johnson himself, who minted a Borisism specially for the occasion: “I can tell you that for 100% ding-dang sure.” See also en Bushism, en Bidenism en eponyms