hot potato

n. A high-priority work task that top management is waiting for, usually involving the sequential efforts of multiple employees. It will burn anyone who holds onto it too long. Upon being assigned such a task, an employee's goal should be to complete their part and pass it to a colleague as quickly as possible, before suffering the wrath of management.
A hot potato just arrived in my inbox, so I'll have to work late tonight.
by Linguanalyst March 14, 2012
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Hot potato

A female who gets passed around. She gets passed around so many times that nobody wants her.

A homie hopper.
"Man have y'all seen LaLa she's so bad!"

"Naw man stay away from her; she's a hot potato! She smashed the homie and the homies homie and the homies cousins homie."
by MsLaLaLopez November 05, 2015
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The nasty potato sized shit that lies in every bathroom, un-flushed, of course. After leaving a hot potato, it is common courtesy not to flush, so others can admire the sheer magnitude of its size and stench.
I went into the high school bathroom to discover a HOT potato in the fourth stall. Proceed. With. Caution.
by Genitalgenius February 24, 2020
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hot potato

When you pass a lit bowl back in forth fast enough that you don't need a lighter, thus getting super baked.
That bowl was so lit! We hot potatoed that shit like no other!
by babe31337 March 10, 2011
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Hot Potatoes

Interesting and challenging topics most people find too hot to handle talking about.
"I was impressed when instead of going to a movie, they wanted to talk about Hot Potatoes topics all night long over drinks."
by Christina Heart August 30, 2017
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A sexual move in which the woman is sucking on one of the mans testicles as he stands above her. He then continuously pulls on his penis popping the testicle out of the womans mouth and inserting it back in. Each time saying "Hot potato! "
Alex: Hey Ryan, last night Jess and I played hot potato!
Ryan: Killer!
by Axel Rose March 22, 2006
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