foot-in-mouth disease
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
foot-binding, foot-candle, foot-dragging, foot-drop, foot-in-mouth, foot-in-mouth disease, foot-lambert, foot-pound, foot-pound-second, foot-pound-second system, foot-poundal
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