English

Alternative forms

• tomato, tomato
• tomayto tomahto
• potayto, potahto (from another line in the song)

Phrase

tomayto, tomahto

1. (idiomatic) Used to dismiss a correction to one's adherence to an alternative standard
2. (idiomatic) Used to dismissively suggest that something is a distinction without a difference
   • 2008, N. B. Grace, Disney's High School Musical: Stories from East High #1: Battle of the Bands, page 78:

     "Tomayto, tomahto," she said, and Taylor laughed. So they ended on a good note.

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