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
Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
As for the Orion capsule’s pesky potty, Mission Control assured the astronauts that no maintenance was required Tuesday.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
There was a lot of potty talk that went along with this effort as the crew and Mission Control repeatedly tried to flush the vent lines and drain the toilet, which is itself a first for a moon mission.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
The porta-potties have a just-so different color.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
According to investigators, crews arrived to find two porta-potties on fire and a tree that was actively burning.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
As for the Orion capsule’s pesky potty, Mission Control assured the astronauts that no maintenance was required Tuesday.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
There was a lot of potty talk that went along with this effort as the crew and Mission Control repeatedly tried to flush the vent lines and drain the toilet, which is itself a first for a moon mission.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
The porta-potties have a just-so different color.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potty
Adjective
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My father, a boy, sat in the back seat with his brothers and Choute—Duchess of Montmoreau, née de Troguindy, a beautiful and aristocratic woman who went by this single childhood nickname.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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News articles and photos of the casual picnic enamored Americans, transforming their view of the royals as rigid and aristocratic to more down-to-earth.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two rooms in the Soukana and Delos accommodation blocks are wheelchair accessible, and one of the two-storey Madrague houses has a ground floor bathroom and sofa bed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The third floor includes a central gathering space along with two other bedrooms and bathrooms.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Not even the pork choppers were as arrogant and scornful of voting rights as the current mob.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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Of course, David went on to build one of the most illustrious careers in television with characters who are often arrogant, petty and unlikable by traditional media standards.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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The agreement mentioned adding up to 40 water hookups, up to 40 electric hookups, a pump station with a water hose, four bathrooms with flushing toilets and shower stalls, an ADA-accessible restroom trailer, an ADA-accessible shower trailer, light posts and shade structures.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The facility’s restrooms lacked toilet paper.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
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With the assistance of producer Gavin Brown, who lent a glossy touch to Fantasies and Synthetica, Metric offers a simulacrum of their signature sound, one that lacks Haines’ snotty energy but provides a few melodies that can rival the band’s best.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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This sparks all kinds of adverse reaction, mainly from McCarthy’s snotty pals and girlfriends, a tribe so fiercely materialistic and shallow as to make current Less Than Zero-types seem well rounded by comparison.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
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The fancy new mops that have a pad are able to get under the toilet with no issues.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Once inside, visitors were encouraged to urinate in two onsite toilets which filter and pump sanitized water back into a large aquarium tank where performers float for four hours at a time, breathing through a scuba mask.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Potty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potty. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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