bad mouth
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bad mouth
noun
Also bad-mouth Also bad-mouth
noun
1: Esp. among African-American speakers: a curse or spell. (1835 —) .
H. M. Hyatt I have known of people that have had the record of saying that they could put a bad mouth on you (1970).
2: Evil or slanderous talk; malicious gossip; severe criticism. (1970 —) .
Fortune The bad-mouth went out over the CB network. Every accident was blamed on the anti-skid brake (1979).
[Translation of da na ma in the Vai language of southern Liberia and Sierra Leone, or of some similar expression in various other African or W. Indian languages.]
Also bad-mouth Also bad-mouth
noun
1: Esp. among African-American speakers: a curse or spell. (1835 —) .
H. M. Hyatt I have known of people that have had the record of saying that they could put a bad mouth on you (1970).
2: Evil or slanderous talk; malicious gossip; severe criticism. (1970 —) .
Fortune The bad-mouth went out over the CB network. Every accident was blamed on the anti-skid brake (1979).
[Translation of da na ma in the Vai language of southern Liberia and Sierra Leone, or of some similar expression in various other African or W. Indian languages.]
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