KitchenWitch's Stupid Question O' the day #59

KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 03:51 AM
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KitchenWitch's Stupid Question O' the day #59

Why is the phrase "mouth breather" such an insult?

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unsavedtrash

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Wed Apr-06-05 03:54 AM
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1. does it have something to do with the ability to preform

oral sex properly? Or is is something to so with snoring?

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 03:54 AM
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3. I don't know

The context would be "trailer trash"

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Seabiscuit

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Wed Apr-06-05 03:54 AM
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2. If I knew what it was supposed to mean maybe I could answer.

But I never heard the phrase before.

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 03:55 AM
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4. I know

I am flummoxed - have a deviated septum and HAVE to breathe out of my mouth, or I would die of hypoxia...

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:02 AM
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5. I guess it comes from professional wrestling

mouth-breather n. a stupid person; a moron, dolt, imbecile.

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/mouth_breather/

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Seabiscuit

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:04 AM
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6. Weird. Very weird.

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:08 AM
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7. agreed

I guess I am a moran!

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Seabiscuit

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:10 AM
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8. Then I must be a dolt.

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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:18 AM
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9. I think because it makes you look stupid

Because you have to leave your mouth open and cannot breathe from your nose.:shrug:

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:20 AM
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10. I suppose

I never have my mouth gaping open, just a little separation at the lips LOL

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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Apr-06-05 05:22 AM
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17. Nobody said you had this, did they?

I have never seen you, but hardly picture you as the Kitchen Witch that my mother has hanging in her kitchen. You're attractive and, even if you nave a little nasal congestion, nobody will notice, LOL!:D

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unsavedtrash

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:26 AM
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11. mouth-breather n. a stupid person; a moron, dolt, imbecile. here is the

link.
http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/mouth_breather/

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Jamastiene

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:36 AM
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12. I'm not sure.

I understand "knuckle dragger" has something to do with someone who refuses to let evolution happen, but "mouth breather" could apply to people who have medical problems and can't help it. I would use "knuckle dragger" before I would use "mouth breather". Of course, there are easier ways to insult a person without even being obvious about it. ;)Haha. :evilgrin:

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:37 AM
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14. I would not know any of those other subtle ways to insult anyone

I am pure as the driven snow! :evilgrin:

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Jamastiene

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Wed Apr-06-05 05:10 AM
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16. And you are definitely NOT evil.

That was settled the other night right here on DU. :evilgrin: :pals:

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ben_thayer

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:36 AM
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13. When you breathe through your mouth

your brain doesn't receive as much oxygen as through your nose, and doesn't function as efficiently. At least that's what I've heard...(?)

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Apr-06-05 04:39 AM
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15. Not entirely true

The air, when breathing through the mouth is not subject to as much purification via the mucous membranes and the cilia. The air is not as clean as if it had traveled through the nose/sinuses before hitting the lungs.

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progressor

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Wed Apr-06-05 05:35 AM
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18. Hahahahaha!!!!

Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 05:35 AM by progressor

I just Googled - 'origin of mouth-breater' - with no quotes and got two results - the first was..."What Do We Call George Walker Bush?"

:rofl:

Same result for 'origin mouthbreater'

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