n. an imaginary disease involving constant talking. : Wow, does he ever have diarrhea of the mouth! , Sorry. I seem to get diarrhea of the jawbone whenever I get in front of an audience.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Diarrhea of the jawboneis always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
