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hot mess

Today it means: A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers. Full definition →

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hot mess · noun¹

hot (“warm”) + mess (“meal; soldiers who eat together”).

hot mess · noun²

hot (“uncomfortable”) or hot (“attractive”) + mess (“disarray”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.