bomfoggery
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bomfoggery (uncountable)
- (US, politics, slang, derogatory) The pompous, obfuscatory language used in politicians' speeches.
- 1965, Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever, page 58:
- Supplemented by contributions from other reporters, the Thimmesch shorthand of bomfoggery included such words as fisteg, for "fiscal integrity"; goveclop, for "government closest to the people"; respub, for "responsible Republicanism"; […]
- 1980, Newsweek, volume 96, numbers 1-8, page 208:
- His people insist that he is precisely what he seems: a citizen politician who sees through all the bureaucratic bomfoggery to the simple truth and the practical solution.