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LBJ

LBJ

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The 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969
  • proper noun
  • /ɛl bi dʒeɪ/
: Lyndon B. Johnson
  • LBJ famously declared a war on poverty during his time in office.
  • LBJ Library
  • LBJ's Great Society
  • LBJ and Vietnam

He wanted to win Texas, but he had very little respect for LBJ's intellect.

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Examples

  • About 60 students attended the public forum held in the LBJ Student Center Teaching Theater.

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  • Businessmen, politicians from Austin, LBJ's friends.

  • Maybe LBJ will have a change of heart and call the whole thing off, huh?

  • And so on a daily basis, he would send these reports to LBJ around the world and they were accurate.

  • Yes, LBJ creates this group called the Warren Commission.

  • It's been going on since at least LBJ's "War on Poverty."

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  • The glory days of Texas Democrats like LBJ and Rayburn were far behind us.

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  • Consider the tragic legacy of LBJ's failed presidency.

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  • Texas had traditionally been Democratic territory, the land of LBJ and Lloyd Bentsen.

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  • The history of LBJ's presidency fully vindicates Kennedy's doubts.

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Synonyms

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The 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 who took office after John F. Kennedy died

is an abbreviation that uses initials rather than the longer personal name
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The 36th President of the United States who served from 1963 to 1969

is the shortened written form used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The word LBJ comes from the initials 'L', 'B', and 'J', which are the first letters of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. So LBJ is the short name people use for that president.