mouth breather

mouth breather
a) A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose.

Respirations cannot be recorded by this method, if the subject is a mouth breather (as no air flows by the thermistor in the nose).

b) A person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive.

Shes 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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