Putin

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 6/6/07, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at umr.edu> wrote:
>
> Was it "Pooty-Poot" or "Pooty-Poo" (no final t) or both?  I always
> thought it was just "Pooty-Poo," although I see both forms on Google.

I believe Time Magazine was the first to reveal Bush's nickname for
Putin (in the May 27, 2002 issue), and they rendered it as
"Pootie-Poot":

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1002503-5,00.html


--Ben Zimmer

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