BOMFOG

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Acronym of the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God, a political catchphrase of Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979).

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nounBOMFOG (uncountable)
  1. USabbreviationacronymdatedslanguncountablegovernmentAcronym of the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God, a political catchphrase of Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979).

    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.

    1970 November 4, Albin Krebs, “…and Still Governor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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APA

BOMFOG. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BOMFOG

MLA

“BOMFOG.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BOMFOG. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BOMFOG,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BOMFOG.

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