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Definition of a mouth breather

mouth breather

noun

  • implies someone who is (sometimes) not too bright, unkempt, nerdy.
    He is such a mouth-breather.

    Last edited on May 12 2013. Submitted by JoAnn from Denver, CO, USA on May 21 1999.

  • Someone who breathes through the mouth. Basically the same meaning as "slack-jaw;" a stupid person who advertises that stupidity by letting his mouth hang open.
    A typical mouth-breather came into the store yesterday.

    Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by cameron from New York, NY, USA on Oct 21 1999.

  • used in a derogatory sense, it means slack jawed, stupid, ignorant, unwashed masses, goofy, unprofessional, dumb, uneducated.
    That jerk was a mouth breather.
                       

                                  

    Citation from "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister", Stranger Things, Season 2 Episode 7 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 08 2018. Submitted by Ginny R. from Mesa, AZ, USA on Oct 12 2002.

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Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
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