mashed potatoey

Adjective

mashed potatoey (comparative more mashed potatoey, superlative most mashed potatoey)

1. Resembling or characteristic of mashed potato.
   • > >"Potatoey"?
     > The psychic healing power of stuffing notwithstanding you gotta admit
     > that it sounds better than stuffingy.
     Agreed. But in the context you used, what is the connotation of potatoey? Baked potatoey (dry, clotted)? Mashed potatoey (mushy, textureless)? The adjective sounds...1996 December 2, Noah Singman, “Another unlikely goddess”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Nov 2023
   • He sat at his lonely table, back to the world, and began using his fingers to scoop the mashed potatoey slop into his mouth. The ration was tasteless crap and filet mignon at the same time.2002, Randy Boyd, The Devil Inside, Indianapolis, Ind.: West Beach Books, →ISBN, page 134
2. With mashed potato.
   • Then something caught my nose. Residential cooking, stinking up the hallway, coagulated gravy, meatbally, mashed potatoey.2008, Dexter Petley, One True Void, Ullapool: Two Ravens Press, →ISBN, page 20
   • The menu is pure British pub, from the big-as-a-Kia batter-dipped fish with classic plank fries and a housemade tartar sauce ($10.99) to a solid shepherd’s pie ($9.99), which beats a bunch of other local versions because it combines ground beef and lamb to give that musky savor to the mashed...2014 March 3, Laura Reiley, “Good gravy!”, in tbt* (Tampa Bay Times), St. Petersburg, Fla.: Times Publishing Company, published 5 March 2014, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014, page 27...