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-pot

-pot suffix: creates insults usually implying idiocy or contemptibility.

Suffix

-pot

  1. (vulgar) Creates insults usually implying idiocy or contemptibility.
    • Friday the 10th it was , two weeks ago today - the day after the bastard fuckpot Tories got back in.2011 February 15, S.D. Breen, Cuckoo, Author House, →ISBN, page 278
    • "Daftpot," Bethereel muttered, shaking her head sadly.2013 October 25, Kit Daven, The Forgotten Gemstone, Eager Eye Publishing, →ISBN

Origin of -pot

Back-formation from tosspot (“(originally) one who drinks excessively; (now) idiot”), likely reinterpreting it as toss (“masturbation; nonsense”) + -pot.

Questions about -pot

What does -pot mean?
-pot means creates insults usually implying idiocy or contemptibility.
What part of speech is -pot?
-pot is a suffix.

Words near -pot in the dictionary

  1. -poride
  2. -post
  3. -posted
  4. -posting
  5. -posts
  6. -pot
  7. -pr-
  8. -pramine
  9. -praxia
  10. -prazole
  11. -pred-

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