as in aristocratic
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
a ridiculous woman with pretentious airs and potty pronunciations for everyday words
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as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty
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Recent Examples of potty
Jordan Greene, People.com, 6 May 2025
The study suggested that the best potty line, so to speak, is pooping once to twice a day because that frequency was associated with lab test results that in turn are associated with better long-term health outcomes.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
For one, production costs — porta potties, police, equipment and power to run it, food, merch, insurance premiums, etc. — keep rising, as does artist pay.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2025
This smart guy is fully potty trained, knows which toys are his, and is a pro at free-roaming — no kennel needed.
—Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The rest of the day is spent mostly sleeping, going outside to potty, laying in the sun and napping some more.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 6 May 2025
The study suggested that the best potty line, so to speak, is pooping once to twice a day because that frequency was associated with lab test results that in turn are associated with better long-term health outcomes.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
For one, production costs — porta potties, police, equipment and power to run it, food, merch, insurance premiums, etc. — keep rising, as does artist pay.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2025
This smart guy is fully potty trained, knows which toys are his, and is a pro at free-roaming — no kennel needed.
—Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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Related Articles Fresh off designing the priest’s robes for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, the designer with aristocratic roots took another deep dive into the history of France.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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While Nancy Mitford’s life was all aristocratic escapades splashed across the gossip pages, Bessie Carter has a penchant for German techno and British electronic-music festivals, comfy T-shirts on her days off, and a nebulizer for her vocal cords.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
18 June 2025
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Hargitay jolts up, this time lugging the laptop into an en suite bathroom.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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The current offices can also serve as bedrooms, and bathroom access can be reconfigured as needed for children and grandchildren.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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The protests proved conclusively that Americans will not tolerate the deployment of the U.S. military in American cities, the constant line-stepping over constitutional boundaries, the arrests of political dissenters, or the arrogant defense of police-state tactics.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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In Aesop’s fable, the turtle (traditionally called a tortoise, which is a type of turtle) is a winner, a perpetual underdog who defeats the arrogant hare.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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The council restored all recreation center hours, restored full Monday hours at 16 of the city’s 37 branch libraries and reversed plans to remove beach fire rings and close many public restrooms in beaches and parks.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The Agate Beach State Recreation Site offers amenities such as restrooms, beach access and is a day-use park open year-round.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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On the other side of the water, she’s met by Oliver (Charlie Anson), the slightly snotty son of the elderly couple who run the residency.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Blanchett is apologetic and melancholy as Cate, and wonderfully snotty as Shelly, critiquing the privilege and luxury that the actress knows that famous people like her take for granted.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
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The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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The 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center in the early morning hours of May 16 after climbing through a hole behind a toilet.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
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“Potty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potty. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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