jaw-jaw n.
conversation, chatter.
speech 30 Jan.: Jaw-jaw is better than war-war. | ||
Taunton Courier 14 July 1/1: Rev. George Rayner says in his parish magazine that he is fed up with ‘jaw-jaw’. | ||
New Scientist 31 Dec. 588: The main result of all this jaw-jaw was merely the finalising of a draft treaty on the prohibition of the emplacement of nuclear weapons. | ||
Bill [...] on the Planet of Robot Slaves (1991) 213: All this jaw-jaw is accomplishing exactly nothing. | ||
Guardian Guide 19–25 June 30: I have a feeling this is idle, perhaps even careless jaw-jaw. | ||
Indep. Rev. 19 May 13: The New Romantic wars have been more jaw-jaw in a court of law. |