Meanings
nounbacktalker (plural backtalkers)
plural backtalkers
- 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)1 more example
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
Origin
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