Pottanguage
Inflections Pottanguage; (mass noun)
Crude, vulgar, or scatological language, especially humor that leans on shock value or off-color subject matter; potty-mouthed speech.
(of a coinage or comic form) the degraded state a clever invention falls into when it abandons craft for cheap crudeness, becoming meaningless and quick to grow stale.
“I don't want wombos to turn into pottanguage that's meaningless and just becomes a hilarious joke that gets old really quick.”
— Professor Sendy
the risque register that a careful coiner deliberately rides the edge of without crossing; the line between tasteful innuendo and outright vulgarity.
“I ride the line sometimes with that, but I'm not gonna take the pottanguage too, too far.”
— Professor Sendy
“I don't want wombos to turn into a potty language.”
— Professor Sendy
“Some of the ones people send me are indeed really funny, but they're too far for me, too deep into pottanguage.”
— Professor Sendy
Inflections pottanguages; pottanguaged; pottanguaging
to debase an invented word or comic form by steering it toward crude, vulgar, or shock-driven content.
“A wombo loses its art the moment you pottanguage it.”
— Professor Sendy
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Word History
The Combo
potty language Pottanguage
blend (wombo) of POTTY (as in "potty mouth," childishly crude or scatological speech; ultimately from pot, a chamber vessel) and LANGUAGE (from Old French langage, from Latin lingua "tongue"). Coined by Professor Sendy as a self-deprecating label for the vulgar, shock-driven register he wishes to keep the wombo form from collapsing into.
First Known Use 2026
Coinage credited to Professor Sendy.
Attested in the source utterance, @ProfessorSendy ↗