A nickname for a group of six women who worked as political advisors for Bobby
Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign in a windowless
work area in
Kennedy's Washington,
DC electoral offices.
Since the release of the cinematic masterpiece “Chappaquiddick”, the term has been adopted by New Englanders at large to refer to unmarried “party” girls invited on weekend escapades with married
men often on the Cape or its nearby islands, such as ACK or Martha’s Vineyard. Somewhat derogatory in nature, the term “Boiler Room Girl” is mostly used by old school DNC apparatchiks living in the northeast, such as the Kennedys and Slick Willy, to refer to their mistresses.
Joey Gargan: “I don’t think the boilah room girls will be able to make it out to Chappy this weekend.”
Senator Ted
Kennedy: “It’s not a pahty unless the Boiler Room Girls are there. Old
Joey will fix it right?!”
Uncle Teddy: “There’s a naked boiler room girl in my bed. We gotta get ahead of this thing if we’re gonna control the narrative. God forbid, this thing spins out of control to something like an affeh (affair).”