Attempting to alleviate a situation by being of help, but instead making no impact or making the situation worse.
A: Hey, I remember you talked about that problem with your boyfriend, so I went ahead and asked him about it. He was kinda stand-offish, but I managed to get your point across.
B: You did WHAT? OK, look, I appreciate how much energy you put into that, but you're really potato-helping right now. This is going to make talking to him harder.
A: Oh, I didn't realize. I'm sorry.
B: You did WHAT? OK, look, I appreciate how much energy you put into that, but you're really potato-helping right now. This is going to make talking to him harder.
A: Oh, I didn't realize. I'm sorry.
by Roselle Corin July 3, 2023
Get the potato-helpingmug. 
1. Commonly used 'slang' in western countries to describe ones own appearance.
2. To describe poor quality.
2. To describe poor quality.
by BallShifter January 21, 2017
Get the Potatomug. Basically a side chick. A chick you bang until she wants a relationship, than once she does you throw her away and continue the tater cycle.
I got mad potatoes on the back burner bro. Just gunna leave em there as long as I can just keeping getting a taste without fulling committing.
by Blonde menas November 19, 2022
Get the Potatoesmug. Sad Potato Ki, is what 16BitTunes, on r/MisreadSprites, thought Ki, from Final Fantasy Legend II, “looked like a sad potato.”
by I'mcrazy November 7, 2023
Get the Sad Potato Kimug. ugly as a sack of potatoes
by brewerbest123 October 29, 2020
Get the looking like a potatomug.