English

Alternative forms

• flannelmouthed

Adjective

flannel-mouthed ‎(comparative more flannel-mouthed, superlative most flannel-mouthed)

1. Possessing, characterized by, or in the manner of speaking of a flannelmouth.
   1. Smooth and persuasive in speech, especially in order to deceive or manipulate.
      • 1913, Gene Stratton-Porter, Laddie: A True Blue Story, ch. 16:

        I went to her, sat close beside her and tried snuggling up a little. It worked. . . . "I can get them," I said just as flannel-mouthed as ever I could, like all of us talked to her now.

   2. Unclear, muffled, or halting in speech.
      • 2004 Feb. 22, Joe Klein, "Beware Flannel-Mouth Disease!," Time:

        [N]ot only does Kerry have a flannel-mouthed inability to utter a simple sentence, but his orotundities also serve to reinforce the notion that the Senator from Massachusetts is a patrician stiff, too smug to speak in a manner decipherable by ordinary Americans.