Back Talk (Noun)
Meaning
An impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The teacher wouldn't tolerate any back talk from her students, and anyone who dared to speak out of turn was sent to the principal's office.
- The teenager's back talk got her grounded for a week, and she was forced to apologize to her parents for her disrespect.
- The manager didn't appreciate the employee's back talk and wrote him up for insubordination.
- The comedian's quick wit and clever comebacks were often mistaken for back talk, but they were actually just part of his act.
- The child's back talk was a sign of her growing independence, but her parents still had to teach her to express herself respectfully.