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watch your mouth

Watch what you say; usually said in response to someone cursing; "young man" or "young woman" is often added to the end of the phrase

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  • Curse words/cuss words are known as "dirty" words. "watch your mouth" and "You better watch your mouth" is something a person wouldn't think of doing to their mother as that would be disrespectful to her and may result in the speaker of swear words getting punished
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Don't speak to me that way! You better watch your mouth!

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Submitted by JP03 on October 28, 2014

Modified by TriplePurple on December 02, 2023

Additional definitions for 'watch your mouth':

watch your mouthdon't swear; admonition mainly addressed to youth when they occasionally became profane, loud, boisterous, or engaged in vulgarities.
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