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  • noun rare, slang Someone who has a muffled or otherwise unclear voice.

Etymologies

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mush +‎ mouth

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Examples

  • Mr. Carney is also a mushmouth who renders the lyrics of his songs all but unintelligible instead of projecting them clearly, thereby making the score even less dramatically potent.

    Spidey's Green Glimmer of Hope Terry Teachout 2011

  • Mr. Carney is also a mushmouth who renders the lyrics of his songs all but unintelligible instead of projecting them clearly, thereby making the score even less dramatically potent.

    Spidey's Green Glimmer of Hope Terry Teachout 2011

  • Mike (1/30/2010 3: 10: 18 PM) the guy below me types like mushmouth talks maynnn

    ‘Mortal Kombat’ Reboot Is Not A Fatality » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • A lot of those who oppose Lieberman are longtime liberals who are tired of him being the Republicans 'pet Democrat, and fed up with his unctuous mushmouth pieties in support of Bush initiatives.

    Hard Fascism, Soft Heads: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • You have mushmouth Barney Frank demanding home loans regardless of immigration status.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Fake but Accurate — Now Coming to the Hard Sciences 2008

  • Also the pronunciation mp3s are super-fast, not recognizing that basically, Russian sounds like an affliction of mushmouth to the untrained English ear.

    Better Dead Than Red yuki_onna 2006

  • They will be able to shuck and jive, zig and zag and mushmouth on the question the way politicians must to pick up votes of people on both sides.

    Cronyism on the Court? What a Shocking Thought! 2005

  • (In particular, Steve Key as Jed gives Dustin Hoffman's Dick Tracy character Mumbles a run for his mushmouth money.)

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Oh, no, Dave Skok, I won't fall for that mushmouth fly!

    Diner's Journal By SAM SIFTON 2010

  • Having taken an assortment of his own pills and Travolta's (what kind of idiot doesn't know what his own pills look like?), he's lost all depth perception and use of his tongue, resulting in hitting a lot of people with golf clubs (lame) but also serious mushmouth, an opportunity for subtle comedy that Williams uses to great affect.

    Cinema Blend Feeds 2009

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