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tosspot

[ taws-pot, tos- ]

noun

  1. Literary. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
  2. British Slang: Disparaging. a contemptible person, idiot, or loser.


tosspot

/ ˈ³ÙÉ’²õËŒ±èÉ’³Ù /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a habitual drinker
  2. slang.
    a stupid or contemptible person
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Origin of tosspot1

First recorded in 1560–70; toss + pot 1
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Slurs like 'tosspot', 'left wing bigot' not useful.

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If I had not been sitting next to someone I know and like, who also knew that tosspot has a more specific UK English meaning, I would probably not have screamed my way through my colleague’s talk so rudely.

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I Am Pop Slag has advice for NASA, on Lily Rothman’s piece about the new will.i.am song broadcast to the Earth from Mars: Of  all the “musicians†on the planet, why would you pick this little talentless tosspot?

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There have followed a number of articles in which the freedom to call Matt Lauer a #tosspot is placed on a line leading ultimately to the Arab Spring.

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Among the sharply-worded tweets coming from Adams were: "Am I alone in wondering why NBColympics think its acceptable topretend this road race is being broadcast live?" and: "Matt Lauer: 'Madagascar, a location indelibly associated with a couple of recent animated movies.' #tosspot" Neither NBC nor Twitter were immediately commenting on the billowing furore.

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