whopperjawed
Dialect
- Meaning
- Crooked, lopsided, or out of alignment
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Arkansas, Appalachia
What does “whopperjawed” mean
An adjective meaning crooked, lopsided, or out of true, descended from the older 'wapper-jawed.' Common in Arkansas and the broader Ozark/Appalachian South to describe anything misaligned, from a fence to a person's jaw.
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