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jowlectureMain Entry: jowl·lec·turePronunciation: j-a-'u&lek-ch&r Function: noun 1 : the art or science of jowls; specifically : the art or practice of growing jowls, especially prominent ones 2 : the formation of distinctive jowls as if from a conscious act <Nixon's utterly unique jowlecture required him to wear a scarf whenever he sought anonymity in public> 3 : a unifying or coherent form or structure found in the jowls <My love of Cicero's jowlecture comforted and inspired me as I slowly pieced back together the fragments of my broken life> What do Marcus Tullius Cicero and Richard Nixon have in common, aside from their careers as politicians? Jowls to die for! The photo below shows the jowlecture of Richard Nixon. (Is that a gift from J. Edgar Hoover in his hands?). Although lacking the subtle complexity of Cicero's, its turgid, utterly smooth form suggests great depths beneath an inpenetrable surface. 
Below is the rich, complex jowlecture of Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, which ingeniously suggests the folds of the toga praetexta.   
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