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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.
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| Definitions include: to be attracted to. | |
| Definitions include: "hot" | |
| Definitions include: an attractive Asian girl. | |
| Definitions include: stolen. | |
| Definitions include: empty speech or writing. | |
| Definitions include: sexually aroused. | |
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| Definitions include: sexually passionate. | |
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| Definitions include: people very high up in the industry's hierarchy. | |
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