misunderestimated

• There's a direct line from that student election to Spiro Agnew's attacks on the "nattering nabobs of negativism" as "an effete corps of impudent snobs," and from there to the peculiar cult of personality that not long ago surrounded George W. Bush - a cult that celebrated his anti-intellectualism and made much of the supposed fact that the "misunderestimated" C-average student had proved himself smarter than all the fancy-pants experts. —  Nevada Thunder
• So we are saying goodbye to President Bush this week, who is giving his last press conference ahead of the market open and he says that reporters sometimes "misunderestimated" him - very fitting final words from Bush! —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
• The man himself says people have consistently "misunderestimated" him, and on that score he's completely right. —  Bring It On!
• In his final news conference, the departing president thanked the press corps, although it may have "misunderestimated" him at times, Bush said in joking reference to his legendary mangling of words. —  Top Stories - Google News
• The Democrats of Texas had "misunderestimated" Bush when he campaigned to become governor and he scored a surprising victory against the late great Ann Richards. —  DALLAS SOUTH

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