thot
Americannoun
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.
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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 thot that was a easy test but when I got up to go Burt stoppd me and said now sit down Charlie we are not thru yet.
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
He looked at me kind of funny like he thot I was crazy.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
I thot he ment like where they made the chooing gum but now I think its puzzels and games because thats what we did.
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 Phillpotts, Eden
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 Phillpotts, Eden
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 Earle, Alice Morse
You be a poor, dazed worm in the grip o' your awn evil thots!
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
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