Potty vs Jerry - What's the difference?
potty | jerry |
A chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels.
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(childish) A toilet bowl. Can be used as essentially a synonym of toilet or bathroom in some phrases, e.g. , porta-potty, potty humor.
(childish) Variant of go potty.
(informal) Insane.
(dated)
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A nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.
A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.
An old nickname for a chamber pot (also referred to as a potty) (Dated UK)
As nouns the difference between potty and jerry
is that potty is a chamber pot used by young children while learning control of their bladder and bowels while jerry is alternative case form of Jerry|lang=en derogatory: German.As a verb potty
is variant of go potty.As an adjective potty
is insane.As a proper noun Jerry is
a nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.potty
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Etymology 1
From .Noun
(potties)Synonyms
* chamberpot, po, potVerb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* go potty * potty break * potty mouth * potty-training * porta-pottyEtymology 2
Adjective
(er)- The noise that the neighbour's kids were making was driving Fred potty .
- "A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.