foot-in-mouth disease
noun Informal: Facetious.
the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements.
Origin of foot-in-mouth disease
1965–70; pun on
foot-and-mouth disease, with allusion to
foot-in-mouth
Words nearby foot-in-mouth disease
foot-binding,
foot-candle,
foot-dragging,
foot-drop,
foot-in-mouth,
foot-in-mouth disease,
foot-lambert,
foot-pound,
foot-pound-second,
foot-pound-second system,
foot-poundal