BONES OF JAW

Obviously, Janet Kinosian can’t see the word for the prose (as in “forest for the trees”) in “Publicist Patois” (L.A. Speak, Palm Latitudes, April 24). The “Nightline”-originated word for Kissinger-type experts, “jaboney,” is a verbal diminutive of “jaw-boner.”

DAVID B. REISS

West Los Angeles