foot-in-mouth [foo t-n-mouth] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for foot-in-mouth on Thesaurus.com adjective
- (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.
Origin of foot-in-mouth First recorded in 1965–70; from idiomatic phrase put one’s foot in one’s mouth Related Words for foot-in-mouth incorrect, tasteless, unsuitable, unseemly, improper, wrong, irrelevant, disproportionate, garbage, ill-suited, ill-timed, inapplicable, incongruous, indecorous, inept, malapropos, off, unbecoming, undue, unfit Examples from the Web for foot-in-mouth Contemporary Examples of foot-in-mouth
In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having “foot-in-mouth disease.”
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Howard Kurtz
January 27, 2011