praty

(dated, Ireland, slang) A potato.

An obsolete and mildly derogatory British slang term for a potato, playing on the Irish association with potato cultivation and the absurd incongruity of calling something as humble as a potato by the name of an exotic fruit. The joke hinges on the central role of the potato in Irish diet and culture, particularly before and after the Great Famine. The term reflects the kind of ethnic humor common in 18th–19th century British slang and is now entirely obsolete. Historically interesting as an artifact of anti-Irish prejudice in British popular culture.

An obsolete, ironic British slang term for a potato, playing on the historical stereotype of Irish dependence on the potato as a food staple. The term dates from a period when anti-Irish sentiment was widespread in Britain, and reflects the cultural shorthand that conflated Irish identity with potato farming and consumption. It is entirely archaic and would now be considered ethnically offensive. It appears in historical dictionaries and texts about British slang but has no living usage.