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1. What do you call the act of using water/Listerine to clean your mouth?

-He ___ his mouth with Listerine and then ___.

2. What should be the verb referring to his taking out the water etc. from his mouth? If I want to dissuade someone from doing so through the window down the street, what polite English can I use?

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He rinses his mouth and then spits. It is not impolite to accurately describe such matters as long as you consider it acceptable to discuss such matters at all.

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@WBYeats,

I agree. Spit is definitely the correct word.

Here is a well known limerick from Britain:

There was a man from Darjeeling
Who boarded a bus bound for Ealing.
A sign on the door
Said "Don't spit on the floor"
So he stood up and spat on the ceiling.

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That must be the most sublime example of the the limericist's art that i have ever read.

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@Setanta,

Yes, that and the Durkin one, I reckon.

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Thank you~

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@Lordyaswas,

Quote:

...on the ceiling.

Again once more Lordy you've made my day with that'n

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