mouth-breather

mouth-breather
 n.— «Whatta maroon. Not only does this submoronic mouthbreather send an illegal, obscene message in private email, he posts it here publicly, with a header showing that it was also sent privately.» —“Re: Need help from someone with Win95 expertise” by Lon Stowell Usenet: alt.revenge Jan. 23, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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