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the pot turning the kettle black

Accusing someone of committing the same immoral/ illegal that you yourself are committing.
Stop being the pot turning the kettle black unless you are an angel yourself. one of the reasons Hillary Clinton lost the election in 2016 is because she tried to be the pot turning the kettle black when it came to finding negative things to say about Donald Trump
by Uncle Dimma November 17, 2016
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the pot calling the kettle black

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. May 29, 2018
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Pot calling the kettle black

Hipocricy
Zoned out daughter who has just unknowingly won the world record finishing a bowl of spaghetti-
hey dad, stop slurping.....
All round great dad- well....that's the 'Pot Calling The Kettle Black'
by Mine farter March 13, 2024
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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

Yasuo mains saying Queens of Leauge users are weird
Yasuo Main: Omg QOL users are weird
QOL user: Not the Pot calling the kettle black
by IDK ME I Guess October 6, 2021
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Pot, Kettle, Black

A short way to say,
pot calling the kettle black
when someone says something about someone, when they are guilty of doing it themselves, also another way to say Hypocrite.
Ugly Woman: That is the ugliest dogs i have ever seen

Gay Boy: Sure u wanna say that Pot, Kettle, Black.
by Mikey GLAM October 31, 2007
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potkettle

(adjective) Shorthand for the idiom "Pot calling the kettle black"; hypocritical, projecting.
"It's a bit potkettle of you to call *me* lazy after you've just spent the entire last week getting high!"
by Krinniv February 11, 2024
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