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foot-in-mouth disease
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noun Informal: Facetious.
the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements.
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Origin of foot-in-mouth disease
1965–70; pun on foot-and-mouth disease, with allusion to foot-in-mouth
Words nearby foot-in-mouth disease
footie, foot in both camps, have a, footing, footing piece, foot-in-mouth, foot-in-mouth disease, foot in one's mouth, put one's, foot in the door, get one's, foot-lambert, footle, footless
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