Category Archives: Acronyms

POTUS

acronym for “President of the United States.” Also FLOTUS: First Lady… and SCOTUS: Supreme Court…


NIMBY

Acronym for “Not In My Back Yard.” Opposition to any project, building or other project perceived as detrimental to the neighborhood. Also describes a person who holds such an attitude.

GOP

Grand Old Party- nickname of the Republican Party

 

BOMFOG

a political speech heavy on platitudinous political piety and short on sincere substance

BOMFOG is an acronym for “Brotherhood Of Man, under the Fatherhood Of God”, a quote from a 1941 radio broadcast by John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller used this phrase so frequently in his campaign speeches, that reporters began referring to his ‘BOMFOG speech’.


From The Rockefellers, in their own words… I Believe

In the news… Romney offers little beyond the same old platitudes

RKBA

Right to Keep and Bear Arms

RINO

(Republican In Name Only) a pejorative term that refers to a Republican lawmaker or candidate whose political views or actions are considered insufficiently conservative or otherwise conforming to liberal positions


In the news… Top 10 Senate RINOs