Mess
Mess noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing
Pot
Pot noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: made a pot of money in the real estate market
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Turns out he is a Wind Spirit guarding a mass trove of ancient artifacts, and his search for a stolen pot is what's causing the mess in the southwest.
Source: Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts -
To put it in context, at one point, a guy from the Guinness Book of World Records shows as they're beating a hippie pot dealer to a bloody mess and crowns them as "World Class Abuse Kings".
Source: Black Comedy - Then there's the Alchemy Pot, the game's Item Crafting system, which is yet another mess itself.
Source: Guide Dang It / Eastern RPG
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Pot and Mess. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mess/pot
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Pot or Mess. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mess/pot.
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