# Fuck people who call people "mouth-breathers"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 21, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916 "2011-12-21T03:25:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916/61 "2011-12-23T19:47:47Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> Is that all? The quote seemed to me to be implying something more, like a more complete description of someone.

Well, sure - the connotation is more-or-less the same as “mouth-breathing” - although sometimes she uses it in a slightly more sympathetic way that merely suggests the subject has not been treated kindly by nature.

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**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916/62 "2011-12-24T02:58:25Z")

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> [@Larry\_Mudd](#):
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> It’s pretty clear that it was:

Heh, I guess I wasn’t remembering my Christie too well.

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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916/63 "2011-12-25T02:43:08Z")

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Anybody else reading this thread in Kyle’s cousin Kyle’s voice?

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**Author:** ![UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/46a35a/32.png) [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916/64 "2011-12-25T07:12:19Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> I’d be up for replacing it with _ **“Lip-movers”** _ to designate how dense guys read books.

Meh. At least they’re reading and not playing Farmville or watching _Jersey Shore_.

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