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Definition of talk out both sides of (one's) mouth
talk out both sides of (one's) mouth
expression
- Saying contradictory things. It may be saying one thing to one person and the opposite thing to another, but it can also refer to saying contradictory things to the same person so that the answer provided is vague or ambiguous. It is essentially synonymous with doublespeak or doubletalk and may result from doublethink.
Example:
Question: Do I have purchase the potato chips in order to enter the manufacturer's contest?
Answer: No.
Question: How can I find out the rules of the contest and how to enter?
Answer: The details can be found on the inside of the package.Last edited on Aug 08 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 08 2015.
verb
- to say different things to different people, about the same subject.
Last edited on Jun 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 19 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'both': | |
| Definitions include: To urinate and defecate during the same toilet visit. | |
| Definitions include: to be bisexual. | |
Other terms relating to 'mouth': | |
| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to say bad things about another person. | |
| Definitions include: a person having a "big mouth" reveals information that they shouldn't. | |
| Definitions include: a person who talks too much. | |
| Definitions include: to be born into wealth and privilege. | |
| Definitions include: dry mouth. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical condition which causes one to talk excessively. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely angry. | |
| Definitions include: to frequently put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth - i.e. say inappropriate things. | |
| Definitions include: to reveal information that one shouldn't. | |
| Definitions include: to swear frequently. | |
| Definitions include: to talk continuously. | |
| Definitions include: to judge a gift harshly. | |
| Definitions include: a person who talks excessively. | |
| Definitions include: implies someone who is (sometimes) not too bright, unkempt, nerdy. | |
Other terms relating to 'of': | |
| Definitions include: a worthless person. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence. | |
| Definitions include: "not all there". | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: an amount of violence. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: many. | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "yes". | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: to ask a person on a date. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: See also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
Other terms relating to 'side': | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: a "hug" performed by standing side-by-side with another person - hips together - and briefly putting one's hand on the other person's opposite hip or shoulder. | |
| Definitions include: when people go to being nice to rude | |
| Definitions include: tomorrow. | |
| Definitions include: the opposing perspective. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical act that causes a person to be in a bad mood. | |
| Definitions include: to not upset those that can help you. | |
| Definitions include: similar to "like a hole in the head". | |
| Definitions include: the opposing perspective. | |
| Definitions include: to cheat - have sex with someone who isn't your significant other. | |
| Definitions include: a hustle on the side. | |
| Definitions include: a female that one sees secretly while one is already in a relationship. | |
| Definitions include: to be in a bad mood. | |
| Definitions include: a bad part of town. | |
Other terms relating to 'talk': | |
| Definitions include: a person who stands uncomfortably close to others while talking. | |
| Definitions include: hanging out and talking about nothing. | |
| Definitions include: see talking to. | |
| Definitions include: so drunk that it's the alcohol talking, not you. | |
| Definitions include: discussion using foul language, or of a sexual or otherwise offensive nature. | |
| Definitions include: a conversation or speech designed to raise a person or group's mood or confidence. | |
| Definitions include: honest talk. | |
| Definitions include: the action of someone "talking shit". | |
| Definitions include: discussion about non-sensitive topics in a social setting. | |
| Definitions include: to make someone more agreeable to a future planned request by being complimentary, doing favors, etc. | |
| Definitions include: begin to date. | |
| Definitions include: to sass. | |
| Definitions include: to make threats one doesn't plan to or cannot carry out. | |
| Definitions include: to speak of sexual subjects. | |
| Definitions include: audible flatulence one gets after eating food that doesn't agree with one's stomach. | |
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