The Online Slang Dictionary
(American, English, and Urban slang)

Login     Register     Forgot password     Resend confirmation

Definition of hot potato

hot potato

  • something no one wants to handle or accept responsibility for.

    Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

+Add a definition for this slang term

More info:

Interactive stats:

Related words

Slang terms with the same meaning

None found.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'hot':

Definitions include: The sexual act of defecating into a vagina and proceeding to have intercourse with the faeces filled vagina.
Definitions include: to vacillate in opinion
Definitions include: This term describes one who is very attractive from the waist up but has a large lower body.
Definitions include: great.
Definitions include: to defecate.
Definitions include: see hot air.
Definitions include: to become hot under the collar (i.e. angry.)
Definitions include: -
Definitions include: to be attracted to.
Definitions include: "hot"
Definitions include: acronym for "hot like wasabi", i.e. of an Asian female, attractive.
Definitions include: stolen.
Definitions include: empty speech or writing.
Definitions include: sexually aroused.
Definitions include: with conflicting feelings.

Other terms relating to 'potato':

Definitions include: a person very high up in an industry's hierarchy.
Definitions include: dried sperm
Definitions include: a lazy person, especially someone who spends a extended period of time on a couch while watching television.
Definitions include: to try to swoop on somebody's lover.
Definitions include: penis
Definitions include: A word women use around boys or children for use of the word "period"
Definitions include: money.
Definitions include: of a photo, poor quality.
Definitions include: something insignificant.
Definitions include: to urinate.

How common is this slang?

Don't click the following.
I use it(6)  
No longer use it(3)  
Heard it but never used it(6)  
Have never heard it(4)  

How vulgar is this slang?

Average of 12 votes: 6%  (See the most vulgar words.)


Least vulgar  
  Most vulgar

Your vote: None   (To vote, click the pepper. Vote how vulgar the word is – not how mean it is.)


Least vulgar  
  Most vulgar

Where is this slang used?

Logged-in users can add themselves to the map. Login, Register, Login instantly with Facebook.


Link to this slang definition

To link to this term in a web page or blog, insert the following.

<a href="http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/hot-potato">hot potato</a>

To link to this term in a wiki such as Wikipedia, insert the following.

[http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/hot-potato hot potato]

Some wikis use a different format for links, so be sure to check the documentation.