Mustard pot : nm Un mustard pot is a small can en terracotta, container in which we put the mustard for be used à backgammon.
Taking yourself for the Pope's first mustard pot: being pretentious, proud (see below).
Butt, ass, behind.
Homosexual.
- The expression: "Believe yourself the first mustard pot of the Pope": To be infatuated with his person, to be pretentious, proud.
Although the appearance of this expression is dated (it is cited for the first time in 1757 by a certain Desnoyer in his memoirs), its real origin remains an enigma.
The only one proposed was given by Pierre Larousse, but it is considered as fanciful by modern lexicographers, because there is no proof of it.
According to Larousse, Jean XXII adored mustard and, especially not wanting to lack this precious condiment, he would have created the load of first mustard maker, entrusted to one of his nephews who would have immediately taken the big head, given the extent of the responsibilities of the job.