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BOMFOG
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English
Pronunciation
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[bʌmfɑɡ]
Noun
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en US politics dated slang en the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God a political catchphrase of Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979).
en Albin Krebs …and Still Governor The New York Times 1970-11-04 https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/04/archives/and-still-governor-nelson-aldrich-rockefeller.html 0362-4331 And when reporters covering Mr. Rockefeller discovered that his stenographer was so used to hearing him speak of “the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God” that she coded the cliché into BOMFOG, Mr. Rockefeller dropped the phrase. https://web.archive.org/web/20250217214248/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/04/archives/and-still-governor-nelson-aldrich-rockefeller.html 17 February 2025
Derived terms
en bomfoggery