thot

See also: thốt, thớt, and tho't

English

Variant of though (q.v.) first attested in Scots c. 15th century.

thot (not comparable)

(Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
- 1568, Christis Kirk on Grene, 266:
  Tho^t he wes wicht he wes not wyss.

thot

Variant of thought (q.v.) first attested in Scots c. 16th century but since spread through all English dialects.

thot (plural thots)

(nonstandard) Alternative form of thought.
- 1611, William Mure, Miscellaneous Poems, ii, line 13:
  Perceauing me in thot perplex'd.

thot

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

An acronym of that ho over there, under the influence of sexual senses of hot.

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.

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