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foot-in-mouth disease

noun Informal: Facetious.

the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements.

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Nearby words

  1. foot-binding,
  2. foot-candle,
  3. foot-dragging,
  4. foot-drop,
  5. foot-in-mouth,
  6. foot-lambert,
  7. foot-pound,
  8. foot-pound-second,
  9. foot-pound-second system,
  10. foot-poundal

Origin of foot-in-mouth disease

1965–70; pun on foot-and-mouth disease, with allusion to foot-in-mouth
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