Slabberers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. One who slobbers or dribbles; a person prone to excessive salivation or drooling; an individual who speaks or behaves in a messy or careless manner
2. A person exhibiting uncontrollable salivation, often associated with excitement or eagerness; someone whose speech or actions are marked by sloppiness or lack of restraint; a character noted for making a mess while communicating
3. An individual characterized by frequent drooling, sometimes as a sign of enthusiasm; a person whose discourse is unrefined or difficult to understand due to lack of composure; one who tends to create a disorderly display while interacting

Etymology: "Slabberers" is the plural of "slabberer", a noun for people who drool. The base word is "slabber", a verb meaning to slobber, which is built on the same family of sounds as "slobber" and the older English "slabber" that means to dribble or slop. Adding the agent suffix "-er" turns the verb into a noun naming the person who performs the action, so a slabberer is literally one who slabbers. The suffix does the work here: "-er" has been attached to English verbs for centuries to name doers, from "baker" to "reader." Attached to "slabber," it produces a plain, slightly comic label for someone whose mouth is perpetually wet. The plural simply adds the usual "-s" to make it refer to more than one such person.