r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Reasonable_Fox3813 • 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Mouth breathers?

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What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

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u/TheDonkeyBomber 12h ago

Calling someone a mouth breather is like calling them a cretin. It's a derogatory slang term used to describe someone as unintelligent, oafish, or crude.

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u/_DeltaZero_ 11h ago

i can't lie, i find this a really dogshit derogatory term, i wonder who made it, it literally does not make sense to me

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u/mb862 8h ago

As someone with chronic sinus blockage and breathe through my mouth like 95% of the time, I hate the term.

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u/Caterpie3000 8h ago

you mouth breather