Phrase guide
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noun
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Synonyms: train wreck, car crash, dumpster fire, shit show
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore, attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Trouble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, informal, obsolete
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
hot (“warm”) + mess (“meal; soldiers who eat together”).
hot (“uncomfortable”) or hot (“attractive”) + mess (“disarray”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
