mouth breather

Language: en

Meaning: A person who routinelyinhalesandexhalesthrough the mouth, instead of through thenose.1967, Nancy J. Barron, “A Ride in the Human Centrifuge”, inAmerican Journal of Nursing, volume67, number 8, page1654:Respirations cannot be recorded by this method, if the subject is amouth breather(as no air flows by the thermistor in the nose).; (idiomatic,slang,derogatory)A person who isboorish,stupid, or otherwiseunattractive.2004March 12, Tim Goodman, “Trinkets are spirit guides in Fox's brilliant 'Wonderfalls'”, inSan Francisco Chronicle‎[1]:She's a philosophy major from Brown, now working retail at Niagara Falls, living in a trailer and working for a "mouth breather" of a boss.

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