Peter Hugosson-Miller writes:
> While we're on the subject of unusual spelling variants, can someone
> explain why, in American English, "moron" is spelt "bush"

It's actually spelled "politician".  "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is just
slang.
-- 
John Hasler


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