potayto, potahto

Definitions

That is a distinction without a difference.

informal

Examples

“"He says he has never had a **remission**. You thought he was being smug about 'lack of relapse(s)'." I think⟳ it's more like⟳ "potato - potahto." No remission to me says unchanging and, hence, no relapse.”

“"Who's whining, pissant? I'm berating!" Potato, potahto.”

“What he liked to call⟳ helpful, however, was more like⟳ Gwen's idea of controlling and manipulative. Potayto, potahto, and don't let⟳ the door hit your ass on the way out.”

“"In Common Lisp (and presumably Emacs Lisp), functions are as first-class as in Scheme and elsewhere. You just have⟳ to do a bit extra to use⟳ them as first-class values, that's all." Potayto, potahto. That 'bit extra' is what makes them 'not first-class denotable' in my book.”

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