There is no difference man, potato-tomato.
by Nano1999 August 20, 2021
Get the potato-tomato mug.Usually used in a sarcastic tone, this phrase is to draw attention to two things that one person thinks is the same but clearly aren't.
My friend told me I needed a girlfriend so I named my Fleshlight Girlfriend, Potato tomato french fry.
by TedStriker13 January 25, 2018
Get the Potato tomato french fry mug.Related Words
A play on the term "Tomato, Tomahto".
Like saying "Same thing!" about two things that aren't the same at all.
Like saying "Same thing!" about two things that aren't the same at all.
Man 1: So, when are we going to watch the olympics?
Man 2: Dude, we're going to the X Games.
Man 1: Meh, tomato potato.
Man 2: Dude, we're going to the X Games.
Man 1: Meh, tomato potato.
by LicoNico December 7, 2010
Get the Tomato Potato mug.Pronunciation:
/póteɪtoʊ təˈmɑ təʊ/
Definitions:
1. (idiomatic) Used to suggest that two apparently similar things are actually different from each other.
2. (idiomatic) Used to admit that there is a distinction between two close things when the speaker previously maintained there was no distinction.
Etymology:
Uses American English and British English pronunciations of the words potato and tomato. Adaptation of the interchangeable sayings, “potato potahto” and “tomayto tomahto.” Parodied allusion to George Gershwin's song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off": "You like tomatoes (/təˈmeɪtoʊz/) and I like tomatoes (/təˈmɑ toʊz/)".
Synonyms:
tomayto potahto
Antonyms:
potayto potahto, tomayto tomahto, same difference
/póteɪtoʊ təˈmɑ təʊ/
Definitions:
1. (idiomatic) Used to suggest that two apparently similar things are actually different from each other.
2. (idiomatic) Used to admit that there is a distinction between two close things when the speaker previously maintained there was no distinction.
Etymology:
Uses American English and British English pronunciations of the words potato and tomato. Adaptation of the interchangeable sayings, “potato potahto” and “tomayto tomahto.” Parodied allusion to George Gershwin's song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off": "You like tomatoes (/təˈmeɪtoʊz/) and I like tomatoes (/təˈmɑ toʊz/)".
Synonyms:
tomayto potahto
Antonyms:
potayto potahto, tomayto tomahto, same difference
1. “What was in that burrito?”
“Aluminum foil”
“Wait... I asked what was ‘in’ it, not what was ‘on’ it.”
“Potayto tomahto”
“Aluminum foil”
“Wait... I asked what was ‘in’ it, not what was ‘on’ it.”
“Potayto tomahto”
by Clinton Brink November 1, 2017
Get the potayto tomahto mug.by Wash [HC] November 29, 2020
Get the Potatotomato mug.