mashed-potato-y

See also: mashed potato-y

English

Etymology

From mashed potato +‎ -y.

Adjective

mashed-potato-y (comparative more mashed-potato-y, superlative most mashed-potato-y)

1. Alternative form of mashed-potatoey.
   • 1991, Harold Brodkey, “Wiley in Love: 1956”, in The Runaway Soul, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, pages 301–302:

     But, see, the trespass then explained her loosening—explained a thousand times over her systems of defenses. The shaft had gone a little mashed-potato-y but she was so mushy and loose it was like putting it in a greased-up laundry bag. You didn’t even have to say, Your body is mine . . . Or: Give me your body.

   • 2013, Laura Reiley, Bob Jenkins, Tampa & St. Petersburg (Moon Handbooks), Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 93, column 2:

     MacDinton’s is another Irish entry with a killer black and tan, a warming Irish coffee, and a fair representation of Irish staples, from rib-sticking, mashed-potato-y shepherd’s pie to respectable corned beef and cabbage.

     The 1st edition (2005) uses mashed-potatoey.

   • 2016, Curt Menefee with Michael Arkush, quoting Lindsey Jacobellis, Losing Isn’t Everything: The Untold Stories and Hidden Lessons Behind the Toughest Losses in Sports History, New York, N.Y.: Dey Street Books, William Morrow, published 2017, →ISBN, page 67:

     I felt like I was totally present in the moment, but I wasn’t used to racing in mashed-potato-y snow.

   • 2021 October 11, Amy Carlberg, “Toronto just got its first spot for highway-style fries and poutine”, in blogTO‎^[1], Toronto, Ont.: Freshdaily Inc., archived from the original on 2021-10-11:

     They [Fryway] announced that they'd be using their accumulated wisdom to create the perfect highway-style fries, which they describe as mashed-potato-y on the inside, and crispy on the outside.

   • 2023 May 9, “Precipitation Study In Colorado Rockies Strikes Gold During Epic Winter”, in NOAA Research‎^[2], Silver Spring, Md.: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, archived from the original on 2023-06-01:

     “Ski conditions were not great,” said Janet Intrieri, a research scientist with NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory. “In the morning it was super crusty, in the afternoon it was super mashed-potato-y. But we got what we needed.”