thot
English
Adverb
thot (not comparable)
Conjunction
thot
Etymology 2
Variant of thought (q.v.) first attested in Scots c. 16th century but since spread through all English dialects.
Noun
thot (plural thots)
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of thought.
- 1611, William Mure, Miscellaneous Poems, ii, line 13:
- Perceauing me in thot perplex'd.
- 1611, William Mure, Miscellaneous Poems, ii, line 13:
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɒt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɑt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Alternative forms
Noun
thot (plural thots)
- (US, derogatory slang) A slut, a woman considered sexually promiscuous.
- 2014 June 23, Amanda Marcotte, "Let's Put an End to 'THOT': The Misogynistic Phrase That's Sweeping the Nation", The Daily Beast:
- ...the appearance of the word “thot” in the whole mess shows how much it’s morphed into the same kind of word as “slut”—a catch-all way to put any woman in her place by suggesting that she’s somehow too sexual. But, of course, it’s a game women can’t win, because if you’re not obviously sexual enough to be called a “thot,” then you’re simply going to be disparaged for failing to be sexy enough.
- 2017 May 8, Roy Wood Jr., "State of Black Shit", The Daily Show:
- That's why we're counting on you, Black Twitter, to continue the innovations in the field of slang. Never has black slang been appropriated so quickly. The other day, I heard two middle-aged white dudes calling each other thots. That word is gone.
- 2018 May 25, Samantha Cole, "Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It", Motherboard
- While Kjellberg struggled to keep his eyes off their chests, he "jokingly" called women in the video “stupid Twitch thots,” a derogatory term for women that stands for “that ho [whore] over there.”
- 2014 June 23, Amanda Marcotte, "Let's Put an End to 'THOT': The Misogynistic Phrase That's Sweeping the Nation", The Daily Beast:
Synonyms
References
- “thot” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “think, v².”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2009. - “though, adv., conj., & n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912. - “thought, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2009.
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