-pot

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Creates insults usually implying idiocy or contemptibility.

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Meanings

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  1. vulgarCreates insults usually implying idiocy or contemptibility.

    "Daftpot," Bethereel muttered, shaking her head sadly.

    2013 October 25, Kit Daven, The Forgotten Gemstone, Eager Eye Publishing, →ISBN
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    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

    Imagine the celebrity of his day, like, when Bruce Forsyth was hosting The Generation Game like you host Taskmaster, if he was doing a divpot game like this.

    2021 February 4, 15:23 from the start, in No More Jockeys, season 3, episode 13, spoken by Tim Key

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

-pot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-pot

MLA

“-pot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-pot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-pot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-pot.

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