“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.” – George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., 12 May 2008

Whatever the legacy of George W. Bush, one thing is certain – he’s left his mark on the English language. After eight years of amazing comedic fodder, odd malapropisms and a slew of new words, we simply can’t “misunderestimate” the soon-to-be ex-President’s impact on the way we use English.

Thanks to President Bush we now have the words truthiness, mential, subliminable and ooching at our disposal. And we can speak freely about touchy subjects like “women of cover” and the “embitterment of mankind.” Not without a sense of humor, President Bush once publicly read aloud from a book of his quotes and laughed at his own mistakes. Now known as Bushisms, here are some of his best moments:

“Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.” – LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 18 October 2000

“I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.” – Greater Nashua, New Hampshire, 27 January 2000

“I hear there’s rumors on the Internets that we’re going to have a draft.” – Second presidential debate, St. Louis, Missouri, October 8 2004

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” – Saginaw, Michigan, 29 September 2000

“You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn’t it? I mean, that is fantastic that you’re doing that.” – to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, 4 February 2005

“Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.” – Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September 2004

“They misunderestimated me.” – Bentonville, Arkansas, 6 November 2000

“Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?” – Florence, South Carolina, 11 January 2000

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” – Washington, D.C., 5 August 2004

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” – Nashville, Tennessee, 17 September 2002

“People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do.”— George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., 18 December 2008