mouth breathers
Open-jawed air inhalers
Mouth breathers literally describes people who breathe through their mouths rather than their noses, often due to congestion or habit.
The phrase has become a popular insult suggesting someone is stupid, slack-jawed, or socially oblivious: The comments section is full of mouth breathers.
The implication is of someone too dim to perform a basic bodily function correctly.
- inhaleDraw air in
- airwaysRespiratory or flight paths
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- slack-jawedMouth open from shock
insult · caricature · anatomy · respiration · physiology · nasal congestion · informal speech · basement dweller · nerd · slang · gasp · dumb · smokers · social stigma · airflow · blocked nose · snoring · adenoids
- poor sleepersinsomniacs, narcoleptics, sleepwalkers, snorers, light sleeper
mouth breathersintellectuals
People of scholarly pursuits
geniuses · sharp minds · sophisticates · savants · cognoscenti
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