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bomfoggery

bomfoggery noun: the pompous, obfuscatory language used in politicians' speeches.

Noun

bomfoggery (uncountable)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) The pompous, obfuscatory language used in politicians' speeches.
    • 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"; […]1965, Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever, page 58
    • 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.1980, Newsweek, volume 96, numbers 1-8, page 208

Origin of bomfoggery

From BOMFOG + -ery.

Questions about bomfoggery

What does bomfoggery mean?
Bomfoggery means the pompous, obfuscatory language used in politicians' speeches.
What part of speech is bomfoggery?
Bomfoggery is a noun.

Words near bomfoggery in the dictionary

  1. Bomen
  2. Bomer
  3. Bomers
  4. bometolol
  5. BOMFOG
  6. bomfoggery
  7. Bomgaars
  8. Bomgardner
  9. Bomgardners
  10. Bomi
  11. Bommarito

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