A definition my teacher, Mr. Twichell used, to call Nick a hypocrite.
Yes, it's pretty much just calling someone a hypocrite.
Yes, it's pretty much just calling someone a hypocrite.
Real conversation:
Nick: Shut up. You're so annoying.
Twichell: Nick, you're a pot calling the kettle black.
Me: RACIST.
Nick: What does that mean?
Twichell: No, Natalie it's not racist. Nick, it means you're a hypocrite.
Whole Class: OOOOHHHHHHH!
Nick: Shut up. You're so annoying.
Twichell: Nick, you're a pot calling the kettle black.
Me: RACIST.
Nick: What does that mean?
Twichell: No, Natalie it's not racist. Nick, it means you're a hypocrite.
Whole Class: OOOOHHHHHHH!
by YoItsNat March 1, 2017
what happened when Paula Abdul told
Kady Maloy (of American Idol 7)
"you have some pitching problems..."
That is "pot calling the kettle black"
Kady Maloy (of American Idol 7)
"you have some pitching problems..."
That is "pot calling the kettle black"
by vouguey February 24, 2008
Pot: Hey, black kettle!
Pot-smoking bystander: Hey, man. Make peace not war, man.
Kettle: Well, if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black?
UrbanDictionary.com reader: WTF?!! THIS DEFINITION SUCKS BALLS!
Pot-smoking bystander: Hey, man. Make peace not war, man.
Kettle: Well, if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black?
UrbanDictionary.com reader: WTF?!! THIS DEFINITION SUCKS BALLS!
by SpaceMouse April 17, 2010
A figure of speech for calling out a hypocrite. For shaming someone because they accused someone else on something the accuser is also accountable for.
Democrat: Man I hate Repulicans.
Republican: Yeah, I don't like you Democrats either.
Democrat: You are a hateful bigot for saying that.
Republican: Okay. And you are a pot calling a cattle black
Republican: Yeah, I don't like you Democrats either.
Democrat: You are a hateful bigot for saying that.
Republican: Okay. And you are a pot calling a cattle black
by JustKeepingItRealMan March 8, 2019
A variation on the phrase "pot calling the kettle black" that is used when the person being accused by the "pot" is not guilty of the thing they are being accused of while the "pot" is.
Origin: Rainbows are many colors but never black.
Origin: Rainbows are many colors but never black.
Transphobic Cult Leader: Stop indoctrinating children.
Trans Person: Seems like a case of the pot calling the rainbow black.
Trans Person: Seems like a case of the pot calling the rainbow black.
by Shugunou June 15, 2023
A older term used in the US south to discriminate against people of color. Also it can be used to criticize or bring down a person of color. People who use it are racist.
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. April 24, 2018
by IDK ME I Guess October 6, 2021