hot air vs palaver

hot air

noun
  • Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster. 

  • Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon. 

palaver

noun
  • Talk intended to deceive. 

  • Disagreement. 

  • A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. 

  • Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss. 

  • A village council meeting. 

verb
  • To flatter. 

  • To discuss with much talk. 

How often have the words hot air and palaver occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )