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backtalker en · NOUN

Etymology

From backtalk + -er.

Meanings

1. One who backtalks.
   • A backtalker, a sasser. One of those girls who horrified parents with her "smart mouth." 2006, Kat Meads, The invented life of Kitty Duncan (Benedict Roberts Duncan):
   • Jal had entered the battalion embittered by his previous experiences, and had started out as backtalker. But the colonel had quickly taught him that kind of attitude would not be acceptable by simply wearing him out. 2009, Joshua Chase, Galactic Conquest, page 146:

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