hot mess

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɑt ˈmɛs/ === Etymology 1 === hot (“warm”) + mess (“meal; soldiers who eat together”). ==== Noun ==== hot mess (countable and uncountable, plural hot messes) (military) A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers. === Etymology 2 === hot (“uncomfortable”) or hot (“attractive”) + mess (“disarray”). ==== Noun ==== hot mess (plural hot messes) (informal, chiefly US) A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray. Synonyms: train wreck, car crash, dumpster fire, shit show (informal, chiefly US) A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore, attractive. 2009, Cobra Starship, Hot Mess (song on the album Hot Mess): Well, you're a hot mess and I'm falling for you, and I'm like hot damn, let me make you my boo, […] You're a hot mess, I'm loving it, hell yes! (informal, obsolete, chiefly Southern US) Trouble. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === hom-sets