mask muffle 

something for the history books! , and the curse of older types concerned with the status of their hearing !

speaking through one's 'pollutant' mask, and having speech clarity muddled , (BIG TIME ! , obliviously) listener goes: HUH ?? , could you repeat that ?

it should be noted that asians have been wearing masks for YEARS !! (SOME mask materials MUST transfer sound better than OTHERS !!)

what'd she say ? , not sure! ; mask muffle !

i had to ask the scheduler to repeat, repeatedly, thanks to mask muffle !

thought i was going deaf until she took her mask off !

mask muffle by michael foolsley November 19, 2021

Maskmuffle 

When the spoken word cannot be heard because of the mouth’s covering with some impervious fabric.

“I’m sorry you had to wait on that frigid corner,” I told Tobee again when we were home in our warm drop seats. “I said East Second street, you heard East Seventh. It was a maskmuffle.”
“If you invoke the maskmuffle excuse one more time,” Tobee said, “I will pour this mulled cider on your wig!”

Sweetums-Angelica didn’t know if her dear old mother ignored her when she directed her to put the cow’s milk in the SubZero, or if it was just another case of mask muffle.

Maskmuffle by Hifalutin! February 5, 2022