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metal mouth
noun
any person with orthodontia US- When Arnold meets Drummond’s daughter, a condescending sort who wears braces, he snaps, “Hi, metal mouth.” — Washington Post, p. B1, 3 November 1978
- “Fewer people make fun of me; they want to see them,” Shawn said. “And they don’t call me as many names as they used to, like ‘brace face’ and ‘metal mouth.’” — St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, p. 2D, 9 September 1991
- — Chris Lewis, The Dictionary of Playground Slang, p. 41, 2003
- For boomers, taunts like “brace-face,” “tin grin” and “metal mouth” have made way for more sophisticated teasing. — Washington Post, p. F1, 13 January 2004
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