Wash Your Mouth

Used as a response to an obscene statement, this phrase recalls unpleasant childhood memories wherein mothers would "wash out" a child's mouth with soap as a punishment for using curse words or crude language.

Cristobal: Dude, Jenna was being a total bitch last night. She broke my goddamn Death Star model. That shit was fucking to scale too.

Geraldo: Hey man, I don't care. Wash your mouth.

By Beatrix

To Wash Your Mouth With Lemon Juice

to do anything and everything humanely possible to make someone with whom you interact on a daily basis stop swearing.

mother : Daniel, I literally need to wash your mouth with lemon juice, now. Your teacher just called me to say you have a vocabulary problem,

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

By Elmira

To Wash Your Mouth With Lemon Juice

to do anything and everything humanely possible to make someone with whom you interact on a daily basis stop swearing.

mother : Daniel, I literally need to wash your mouth with lemon juice, now; you have a vocabulary problem

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

By Amargo

To Wash Your Mouth With Soap And Lemon Juice

to do anything and everything humanely possible to make someone you care about stop swearing.

(N.B: when i was in elementary school this is the type of punishment our teachers threatened us with if we didn't stop swearing)

mother : Daniel, I will soon resort to having to wash your mouth with soap and lemon juice; you have a vocabulary problem

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

By Zora

To Wash Your Mouth With Soap And Lemon Juice

To make someone stop swearing

I need you to wash your mouth with soap and lemon juice

By Eleanore

Wash Your Mouth With Lemon Juice

(to) stop swearing

mother : Daniel, wash your mouth with lemon juice now. Your teacher just called me to say you have a vocabulary problem,

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

By Tarah

Define Wash Your Mouth Meaning