thot

See also: thốt, thớt, and tho't

English

Etymology 1

From Scots thoucht, thocht, thoth, from Middle English thought, thouʒth, þauʒt, þauʒth, a variant (probably through combination with that, as in though that) of though, thogh (“though”). More at though.

Adverb

thot (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
   • 1568, Christis Kirk on Grene, 266:

     Tho^t he wes wicht he wes not wyss.

Conjunction

thot

1. (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
   • c. 1560, Alexander Scott, Poems, "Ffollowis the Justing and Debait...", line 147:

     ...Ffor, wer ȝe foursum in a flok,
     I compt ȝow no^t a leik,
     Tho^t I had rycht no^t bot a rok
     To gar ȝour rumpill reik
     Behynd;...

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)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of thought.
   • 1611, William Mure, Miscellaneous Poems, ii, line 13:

     Perceauing me in thot perplex'd.

Verb

thot

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of thought, simple past and past participle of think

Etymology 3

An acronym of that ho over there or acronym of thirsty ho over there under the influence of sexual senses of hot. The term was popularized by rappers in Chicago in 2012. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Sources please: these sound like totally fake folk etymologies.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɒt/
• IPA^(key): /θɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophone: thought (accents with the cot–caught merger)

Alternative forms

• thotty

Noun

thot (plural thots)

1. (US, derogatory slang) A slut, a woman who is 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.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

References

• “thot”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “think, v².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2009.
• “though, adv., conj., & n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912.
• “thought, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2009.

Anagrams

• Toth, hott