thot
Americannoun
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thots
plural
Usage
What does thot mean? Thot is a slang for a “slut” or “whore.” It originally stands for that ho over there. Thot is sometimes used as a generic term for a woman, similar to ho or b*tch. While many have reclaimed the term, thot is generally considered sexist and disparaging. Content warning: the following sections include further references to sexual and sexist content, which is involved in the history and use of the slang term.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of thot
Acronym for t(hat) h(o) o(ver) t(here) ; see ho 3 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Just thot I'd pass this along for possible consideration...
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2010
I said to myself Charlie if they make fun of you dont get sore because you remember their not so smart like you once thot they were.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
March 17—When I waked up this morning rite away I thot I was gone to be smart but Im not.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
And the rebs I gess thot we was teched and they begin to give way.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
And there was other pepul in wite coats playing with the animils so I thot it was like a pet store but their wasnt no customers.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
All you can ax that I knaw, I'll tell 'e, though Joan shut her thots purty close most times.
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
Not having his thots about him he endeavored ye dangerous performance of gaping and laughing at the same time which he must now feel is not so easy or safe a thing.
From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle
You be a poor, dazed worm in the grip o' your awn evil thots!
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
Just love o' the Lard an' moosic an' holy thots from passon, an' not more hell-fire than keeps a body healthy-minded an' awake.
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
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