Well, that kicked off a strand of discussion on Texas Talk that went on and on. ... galoot an old cowboy term meaning "old rascal." It's generally meant affably.

Bear sign ~ cowboy term for donuts. A cook who could and would make them was ... Shoot one's mouth off ~ talk nonsense, untruth. "He was shootin' his mouth off and Bill gave him a black eye."

Iran's conservative parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani has branded US President-Elect Barack Obama's comments on Tehran's nuclear activities as "cowboy" talk, the ISNA news agency reported.

I mention this because of Dan Froomkin's Wasington Post piece titled "Where's the Cowboy Talk Now?" He says he'd like to hear some "some of that famous cowboy talk" from Bush on North Korea.

The cowboy talk doesn't really wash - not in old England, or really anywhere else in Europe - and some observers contend that Bush's folksy Americanisms have more than a little bit to do with...

“I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric,” Bush told the Wednesday edition of the Times of London, referring to the U.S. ... The Existentialist Cowboy

Wouldn't this be a good moment for the American president to draw a very distinct line in the sand? ... Wouldn't this be a good time for some of that famous cowboy talk?

Political Radar Blog ... Cowboy Bush+Cheney spun the media into war, talk big on opposing global warming so he + Cheney can get rich in oil.

Iran's conservative parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani on Thursday branded US president-elect Barack Obama's comments on Tehran's nuclear activities as "cowboy" talk, the ISNA news agency reported.

We have had a foreign policy of bluster and saber rattling and tough talk and in the meantime have made a series of strategic decisions that have actually strengthened Iran.