Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 21:40     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Hot mess like a big pile of steaming dog poo.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 21:11     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dear White People a hot mess has nothing to do with attractiveness. It is not a compliment.


Bizarre that you presume to know posters' race.


NP, but black people know what this phrase means, as our families have used it for generations. If you are confused as to its meaning, its a near certainty that you are not black.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 21:00     Subject: Re:Please define "Hot Mess"
Kanye West.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 20:47     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
I thought it was like a steaming pile. I would never use the expression because of that.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 20:43     Subject: Re:Please define "Hot Mess"
Anonymous wrote:It's a phrase that has its roots in black culture, "you look a hot mess" and was not a compliment. It was later coopted by semi-trendy young women in a way to refer to themselves or each other in a self-deprecating fashion. At this point, it is overused to such a degree that nobody with any cool factor would use it anymore. Now it's used by suburban worker bee types who carpool to the city, get a spot out front, and cry "rock star parking, girlfriend!" and think starbucks is the best thing to ever happen to coffee.

It was slightly clever four years ago. Now it's hackneyed.

Next up: amirite, I know right?

Unrelated but likewise overused phrase: snowflake / special snowflake / precious snowflake


Anonymous
Post 11/26/2013 20:05     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Hot mess is a term for some situation or a person that is either beyond repair, or requires intense cleanup...synonymous with the spillage of pancake syrup and grease onto a surface such as cardboard after it has dried.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2013 16:36     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Poop is a hot mess, and that is the actual origin of the term.

You totally missed the point.


No I don't think PP did. Why is there an assumption that hot mess always refers to a person? This term has been in use for decades. It can used to refer to a person, a thing or a situation.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2013 16:06     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
A mess is poo.
As if when" you mess yourself"
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2013 16:01     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Didn't that Christian guy on Project Runway really popularize this?
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2013 15:48     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Halle Berry
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2013 15:30     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Courtney Love
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2013 15:25     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
wouldn't one need a point of reference to determine what a "hot mess" really consist of?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2013 22:04     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Anonymous wrote:Poop is a hot mess, and that is the actual origin of the term.

You totally missed the point.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2013 19:09     Subject: Please define "Hot Mess"
Poop is a hot mess, and that is the actual origin of the term.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2013 18:58     Subject: Re:Please define "Hot Mess"
Both mess and hot mess can be said in an affectionate way or a cruel way -- depends on the situation and the tone of voice. You can say about your goofy, loveable friend, "That girl is a mess!" but the tone of voice will be a indulgent smile -- like, look at her, she's adorable with her all-over-the-place absent-minded professor self. (Mess will be pronounced more like, "me-yuss.") Or you can look out the side of your eye in disdain and say, "That girl is a MESS," (one syllable, said forcefully) as if, she's a slattern who is probably wearing the same undies she wore yesterday because she was stealing your best friend's man. It all depends on the context.