George H.W. Bush's mother didn't think all that much of her grandchildren. She had mean nicknames for all of them. Most of these are only known to the family, but during a 1998 interview with Neil Bush he let slip that she used to call him "Turtle" because he was "slow and stupid". When the interviewer expressed astonishment that a grandmother would be so mean, Neil laughed and said "That's nothing, you should hear what she called George W." Neil refused to divulge any more nicknames.