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Word of the Day

 

October 22

 

jawboning\JAW-boh-ning\

 

 

noun

 

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the use of public appeals (as by a president) to influence the actions especially of business and labor leaders; broadly : the use of spoken persuasion   If I were a president, here are some of the ways I would jawbone you to death:   have the courage to hold convictions having held them for a while, carry them out in your daily life respect people who do likewise, even if they're not the same convictions as yours work towards an international, intercultural, interfaith, intergender moratorium on jawboning  Time for coffee....