The word "lawyer bush" is spelled as /ˈlɔɪər bʊʃ/. The first syllable "lawyer" is pronounced with the long "o" sound represented by /ɔɪ/, followed by the unstressed short "u" sound /ə/ and the consonant "r" /r/. The second syllable "bush" is pronounced with the short "u" sound represented by /ʊ/ and the consonants "b" /b/, "sh" /ʃ/. This term refers to a shrub that lawyers allegedly used to hide behind while performing questionable deeds in the past.