hotep

ho·tep
H4O1T1E1P3
UK/ˈhəʊ.tɛp/US/ˈhoʊ.tɛp/

noun

A subscriber to Afrocentric conspiracy theories.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

hotep1

nounhotep (plural hoteps)

plural hoteps · alternative Hotep

  1. derogatoryinformalA subscriber to Afrocentric conspiracy theories.

    At least half of the millenials^([sic]) are alt-right. We have the alt-right and the black Hoteps uniting. Jews are on the run.

    2018, 4meg...@gmail.com, “Re: The unbearable asymmetry of neo-Nazi bullshit--WAS: Summary of Australian Centurty^([sic]): JEWS somethin'...somethin...”, in aus.politics (Usenet)
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    Dr. Ben gave me a good laugh. As a matter of fact I saw him at City College several years back with his crowd of 'hoteps'. […] He loves to beat up on the black bourgeios^([sic]) and brought a few light skinned freshman girls to tears. He doesn't conceal his feelings about his ostracism and sometimes it can get rather tedious. But if you have a thousand bucks he'll show you the pyramids the way they are *supposed* to be seen, and things will be happy again.

    1993, Mike Bowen, “Black Intellectuals (was: Re: THE CASE AGAINST RAP MUSIC)”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet)

    […] and while i'm at it, and i say this out of love for our people, i hope the self-identified “hoteps” and “Pro-Black” people who claim that queerness, trans and nonbinary identities were invented by the west learn from this history and do better […]

    2016, Khari Jackson, my gender is My Gender, page 9

Hotep2

nounHotep (plural Hoteps)

plural Hoteps

  1. Alternative letter-case form of hotep.

Origin

  1. Copticϩⲱⲧⲡ̄
  2. EgyptianHtp:t*p“to be content, at peace; contentment, peace”
  3. Englishhotep

From Egyptian Htp:t*p (ḥtp, “to be content, at peace; contentment, peace”), a common element of Ancient Egyptian personal names, with the vowels taken over from its descendant, Coptic ϩⲱⲧⲡ̄ (hōtp̄); Ancient Egypt is the focus of several Afrocentric conspiracy theories.

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APA

hotep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotep

MLA

“hotep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hotep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotep.

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