Lexicon of Politics: Day 6
From the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang:
Jawbone 1. adj. persuasive or cajoling but noncompulsory.
1969 Us News and World Report (Apr. 28) 46:
Q: Are you saying the "jawbone approach is dead for this Administration? A yes, if you mean trying to preach people into forgoing wage or price changes that market conditions encourage.
2. v. to admonish or persuade, esp. to urge voluntary compliance upon.
1989 CBS This Morning (CBS-TV) (Feb, 28).
The President will weigh in with a little old-fashioned jawboning and even some arm-twisting.
Jawbone 1. adj. persuasive or cajoling but noncompulsory.
1969 Us News and World Report (Apr. 28) 46:
Q: Are you saying the "jawbone approach is dead for this Administration? A yes, if you mean trying to preach people into forgoing wage or price changes that market conditions encourage.
2. v. to admonish or persuade, esp. to urge voluntary compliance upon.
1989 CBS This Morning (CBS-TV) (Feb, 28).
The President will weigh in with a little old-fashioned jawboning and even some arm-twisting.
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