Bomfog

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God, a political catchphrase of Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979). US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, dated, slang, uncountable

    "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."

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agapealtruismbeneficencebenevolencebrotherly lovecharity

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"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."

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