potato-quality

English

Alternative forms

• potato quality

Etymology

From potato (“cheap camera”) +‎ quality.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

potato-quality (comparative more potato-quality, superlative most potato-quality)

1. (Internet slang, of a video or image) Of exceptionally poor quality; low-resolution, grainy, or blurry.
   • 2015, Bin Feng, quoted in "Bin Feng", Art Reveal Magazine, Number 4 (2015), page 21:

     What good^[sic] about photography is that we save money on diet pills by going out with a camera, and we don't have potato quality Instagram selfie!^[sic]

   • 2016 October 13, Alicia Lepler, “Album Review: 50 By Rick Astley”, in The Guardian, University of California, San Diego, page 9:

     Take a long, critical look at the video for "Never Gonna Give You Up." Its meme cache stems primarily from the dated, campy potato-quality grain.

   • 2017 January, Emily Gunn, “Why Do You Live Stream Your Life?”, in Audio Addict, page 16:

     Furthermore, why would someone watch your potato-quality live stream when they could look at professional photographs the day after, and not have to deal with your annoying need for attention and validation from people on the internet?