potsie

A usually harmless, well-meaning fool or idiot who bumbles through life unaware of how embarassingly ridiculous he or she is.

1)He was such a potsie at the meeting.2)We would have succeeded if the department wasn't managed by a bunch of feckless potsies.3)How can someone so intelligent and beautiful fall for such a potsie? 4)I'm sorry I am late, but I was stuck behind a potsie on the way in.

by August Valenti January 10, 2007

Potsy

An old and less used term for the game Hopscotch.

Almost nobody uses the term potsy anymore, now it's called hopscotch.

by Jon Ace July 1, 2007

potsy

It is the New York term for Hopscotch. It still is in use, certainly by those of a certain age who no longer play the game.

Who has the chalk for the potsy game?

by Egors February 24, 2010

Potsie

A game played by kids in New York City, having some resemblance to Hop Scotch. Often played on a concrete driveway or sidewalk using the squares formed by control joints or "cracks" as "boxes". Also, the marker itself used in Potsie

"Me and Vinney played potsie yesterday."

"Hey, we can use my driveway for a game of Potsy"

by BurtD October 21, 2008

potsy

Slang for especially feeling the effects of POTS, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. It basically means dizzy.

Person 1: "Are you gonna be ard walking there?"
Person with POTS: "I don't know... I'm feeling kinda potsy today."

by zebra_b1tch September 22, 2018

potsie

a potsie is a person who acts foolishly in a comical manner, but funny in that you're laughing at him, not with him. a potsie is usually rather dorky, yet likeable.

i was such a potsie to lust after augie while in the hospital in 2005.

by lizzie-poo July 15, 2007

potsy

A clean living, gee-whiz feller.

Say, that Bill is quite a Potsy, he wouldn't even smell my finger

by Tim May 13, 2005