Lexicon of Politics: Day 26

bomfog n. [brotherhood of man under fatherhood of God, closing line of a radio speech by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., on July 8, 1941; later used as a slogan b Nelson Rockefeller] platitudinous political rhetoric or obfuscation.

1965 Lompoc Record (Cal.) (May 19) 10B:
A good recent candidate, howevere, is BOMFOG...It describes platitudinous political piety.

1987 Safire in New York Times (Feb. 2) 21:
Admiral Poindexter...pumped out some bomfog about having to check his files, never admitting...authorship.

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