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- verb slang To talk at length; to
chatter orjabber .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But unless our dialogues are conducted not only in the respect that we are all people of faith -- the real ground we all share -- but also a quest to find the truth together, "jaw-jaw" will eventually be silenced, and new wars of religion will become inevitable.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Jaw-Jaw Or War-War? Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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Christians and Muslims need to jaw-jaw a lot more, a lot more deeply, and more sincerely, if we are to be people on the road to peace.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Jaw-Jaw Or War-War? Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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Winston Churchill famously said, "It is better to jaw-jaw than war-war."
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Jaw-Jaw Or War-War? Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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But unless our dialogues are conducted not only in the respect that we are all people of faith -- the real ground we all share -- but also a quest to find the truth together, "jaw-jaw" will eventually be silenced, and new wars of religion will become inevitable.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Jaw-Jaw Or War-War? Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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Those of us who have been "jaw-jaw"-ing have even more items to talk about.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Jaw-Jaw Or War-War? Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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Churchill is supposed to have said that "jaw-jaw" is always better than "war-war", but he never had to read Woodward on the subject.
Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward – review Richard Adams 2010
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Zambians dismiss empty talk as more of the same "jaw-jaw."
Dr. Paul Zeitz: Let Freedom Ring -- Now! Now!! Dr. Paul Zeitz 2011
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Zambians dismiss empty talk as more of the same "jaw-jaw."
Dr. Paul Zeitz: Let Freedom Ring -- Now! Now!! Dr. Paul Zeitz 2011
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His actions, rather than his occasionally bombastic words, reveal a president more interested in jaw-jaw than war-war.
Ronald Reagan was no hawk – and certainly no neocon | Mehdi Hasan 2011
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Christians and Muslims need to jaw-jaw a lot more, a lot more deeply, and more sincerely, if we are to be people on the road to peace.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: Jaw-Jaw Or War-War? Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
sonofgroucho commented on the word jaw-jaw
"To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war." Winston Churchill. Bush and Blair please note.
February 10, 2007