slack-jawn.
Tiresome or impertinent talk.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull talk
humdrum1727
slack-jaw1797
slack lip1899
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > speech
sauce malapert1529
petulancea1652
jaw1748
snash1786
slack-jaw1797
slang1805
gob1807
lip1821
cheek1825
slack1825
sass1841
back-talk1858
back sass1883
mouth1891
slack lip1899
back-chat1901
chin1902
slop1952
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 14 Ayes and noes settle the affairs of the nation,..as well as all the slack-jaw of modern orators.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. viii. 186 A sort of nautical eloquence, which his enemies termed slack-jaw.
1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 10 All manner of blarney, slack-jaw, fudge, and gossip.
1864 Realm 6 July 7 The platitudinous sham-antique slackjaw, all words and no thought, of..worthless pedants.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1797- to the northwestward of
- to the notch
- to the nth
- to the nth degree
- to the nth power
- to the number of
- to the offward
- to the outmost
- to the outrance
- to the outside
- to the palaceward
- to the pith
- to the point
- to the point device
- to the point where
- to the power five
- to the power of five
- to the prejudice of
- to the prick
- to the proof
- to the punch
- to the purpose
- to the queen's taste
- to the quick
- to the rafters