See thot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2018 May 25, Samantha Cole, “Pewdiepie^([sic]) Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It”, in Motherboard:",
"text": "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 [whore] over there.”",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A slut, a woman who is sexually promiscuous. (Can also be used more broadly to refer to related aspects of physical appearance and personality. Often associated with a perception of being lower-class and ugly while attempting to appear fashionable and salacious to seek attention.)"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"slut",
"slut"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"sexually",
"sexually"
],
[
"promiscuous",
"promiscuous"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
],
[
"personality",
"personality"
],
[
"perception",
"perception"
],
[
"lower-class",
"lower-class"
],
[
"ugly",
"ugly"
],
[
"attempting",
"attempting"
],
[
"appear",
"appear"
],
[
"fashionable",
"fashionable"
],
[
"salacious",
"salacious"
],
[
"seek attention",
"attention seeker"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, derogatory slang) A slut, a woman who is sexually promiscuous. (Can also be used more broadly to refer to related aspects of physical appearance and personality. Often associated with a perception of being lower-class and ugly while attempting to appear fashionable and salacious to seek attention.)"
],
"tags": [
"US",
"derogatory",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/θɒt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-thot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-thot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-thot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-thot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/θɑt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒt"
},
{
"homophone": "thought (cot–caught merger)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "promiscuous woman"
},
{
"alt": "also thottie, both punning on",
"english": "hottie",
"word": "thotty"
}
],
"word": "thot"
}
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