Meanings
- USderogatoryslanguncountablegovernmentThe pompous, obfuscatory language used in politicians' speeches.
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 2081 more example
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
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