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English
Etymology 1
From Scots thoucht, thocht, thoth, from Middle English thought, thouȝth, þauȝt, þauȝth, a variant (probably through combination with that, as in though that) of though, thogh (“though”). More at though.
Adverb
thot (not comparable)
- (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
1568, Christis Kirk on Grene, section 266:
Conjunction
thot
- (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
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)
- Nonstandard form of thought.
1611, William Mure, Miscellaneous Poems, ii, line 13:
- 1742 Edmund S. Morgan, The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795
- much beset with wicked thots saturday night
Verb
thot
- Nonstandard form of thought, simple past and past participle of think
2006 July 27, KS, “Permanent Resident Card Renewal”, in misc.immigration.canada (Usenet):Sorry if u thot i was being rude just bcoz i typed in Caps. I was just trying to make myself clear.
Etymology 3
Supposedly an acronym of that ho over there, or acronym of thirsty hoes over there 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: “Additional sources please: these sound like fake folk etymologies.”)
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Noun
thot (plural thots)
- (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”, in 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”, in 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”, in 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 over there.”
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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.
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