fauxtato
/foʊˈteɪtoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Cauliflower when used as an alternative to potatoes by followers of a low-carbohydrate diet.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "One recipe is to smash cauliflower and mix it with butter and cream to make mashed almost-potatoes. […] For the first week of the Atkins diet I walked around in a zombie-like state occasionally mumbling to myself. “Meat good.” “Bread bad.” “Got fauxtato?”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /foʊˈteɪtoʊ/
- British English: /fəʊˈteɪtəʊ/