White people living or travelling in South East Asia.
White ex-pats are often seen as fat, white and inert. Common variants are "fat potato", "stupid potato", "dirty potato" and so on.
Potato was first coined in 2008 by ex-pats living in Vietnam. It was first reference in the Vietnam Times in January 2009, and spread quite quickly throughout Vietnam and is currently becoming pervasive in major ex-pat hubs including Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. Term has also surfaced in the SE Asian community in Australia.
In Sydney the increased Anglo-Saxon interest in Asian cultures has led to this word being used in a derogatory manner to describe Anglo-Saxon patrons to SE Asian establishments.
Potatospeak is a humorous term used to refer to metaphors which use this slang, including:
Potato Salad - a large gathering of potatoes, usually around hotel swimming pools.
Mashed Potato - amotorbike accident involving at least one potato. Often includes a muffler burn.
Baked Potato - sunburn
Potato Wedge - a poorly executed motorbike manouever
Potato Famine - a potato orders a meal at a local restaurant. On arrival he realises it is completely inedible.
Atkins Diet - a period of time when the potato decides he or she doesn’t want any more potato in his life.
Bubble and Squeak - older potato who has hooked up with a younger, beautiful local girl
Fauxtato - a local person who is sitting in a Hard Rock Cafe.
White ex-pats are often seen as fat, white and inert. Common variants are "fat potato", "stupid potato", "dirty potato" and so on.
Potato was first coined in 2008 by ex-pats living in Vietnam. It was first reference in the Vietnam Times in January 2009, and spread quite quickly throughout Vietnam and is currently becoming pervasive in major ex-pat hubs including Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. Term has also surfaced in the SE Asian community in Australia.
In Sydney the increased Anglo-Saxon interest in Asian cultures has led to this word being used in a derogatory manner to describe Anglo-Saxon patrons to SE Asian establishments.
Potatospeak is a humorous term used to refer to metaphors which use this slang, including:
Potato Salad - a large gathering of potatoes, usually around hotel swimming pools.
Mashed Potato - amotorbike accident involving at least one potato. Often includes a muffler burn.
Baked Potato - sunburn
Potato Wedge - a poorly executed motorbike manouever
Potato Famine - a potato orders a meal at a local restaurant. On arrival he realises it is completely inedible.
Atkins Diet - a period of time when the potato decides he or she doesn’t want any more potato in his life.
Bubble and Squeak - older potato who has hooked up with a younger, beautiful local girl
Fauxtato - a local person who is sitting in a Hard Rock Cafe.
"We went to this really nice Italian Restaurant in the old quarter of Hanoi, and it was full of potatoes."
"You should have seen the potato salad around the pool at the Sofitel last weekend."
"You should have seen the potato salad around the pool at the Sofitel last weekend."
by Oseric May 17, 2009
Get the Potatomug. by Drazen April 25, 2004
Get the potatoesmug. by Yogurtland April 6, 2015
Get the Potatoemug. 1) A starch-filled crop, usually grown in bulk by farmers. Tastes great boiled and salted.
2) Someone who is excessively fat.
2) Someone who is excessively fat.
by The Epicest face ever July 26, 2016
Get the Potatomug. A very cool plant it's used for fries and other stuff
Fact:You can't eat potatoes with a spoon or a neckmask on
Fact:You can't eat potatoes with a spoon or a neckmask on
by Jjsjjsusjjdndudhrhidjdhdu April 30, 2020
Get the Potatoesmug. by Oldm8 September 28, 2015
Get the Potatomug. "Potato XD"
by Smackaboo May 14, 2021
Get the Potatomug.