papertalk
n.— «When I first learnt about Maradona coming to India, I dismissed it as some speculation or what the English call ‘papertalk’.» —“India Welcomes Diego Maradona” by Rahul Bali Goal.com Dec. 6, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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