The joke treats President Obama’s BlackBerry phone as the BOTUS, a riff on POTUS, President of the United States. Staff apparently coined the acronym because he was so attached to the device, prompting the companion joke about FLOTUS, the First Lady. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “President Obama’s BlackBerry Was Nicknamed “BOTUS””
I saw a new acronym the other day I thought was funny.
Yeah?
Did you know that the POTUS carries a BOTUS?
The POTUS carries a BOTUS?
Okay, the POTUS is the President of the United States.
That’s right.
Does he have a new baby?
No, no.
Baby of the United States?
No, the BOTUS of the President of the United States is his BlackBerry.
President Obama is so obsessed with his BlackBerry that his staff have coined this jokey acronym, calling it the BOTUS.
Oh, nice.
It might as well be handcuffed to his wrist.
I like that.
Good, right?
BOTUS, yeah.
Very nice.
The BOTUS of the BOTUS.
I wonder what the FLOTUS thinks about that.
The First Lady.
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