>General question for anyone with an opinion. Is it common knowledge in your society/culture/family that "mouth breathing" is a bad thing? Yes and no. Mouth b

>General question for anyone with an opinion. Is it common knowledge in your society/culture/family that "mouth breathing" is a bad thing? Yes and no. Mouth breathing in and of itself isn't, socially, a negative. However, in English[0][1][2], a "mouth breather" is also a euphemism for someone of below average quality and intelligence. Not sure how that came to be, but that's the answer to your question. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth_breathing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth_breathing [1] https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/mouth-breathers https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/mouth-breathers [2] https://www.definitions.net/definition/mouth%20breather https://www.definitions.net/definition/mouth%20breather