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mouth-breather

mouth-breather
 n.— «Then there are the mouth-breathers. These folks are usually slack-jawed, thick-tongued individuals who congregate around pornographic movie theaters. It is the latter method that is used in cycling.» —by Mike Keefe Ten Speed Commandments Aug. 4, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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