jungle mouth

English

Etymology

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Noun

jungle mouth (uncountable)

1. (informal) bad breath, halitosis
   • 1969, Proceedings of the Home Office Life Underwriters' Association:

     The minor costs [of smoking] include holes in rugs, hacking coughs and the odd touch of jungle mouth.

   • 1999, Larry Burkett, Rick Osborne, Financial Parenting: Showing Your Kids That Money Matters, page 43:

     We, the people, can boast that our great nation has solved some of life's major problems like plaque, gingivitis, ring-around-the-collar, bathroom scum, postnasal drip, foot fungus, jungle mouth, the blues, and the soggies […]