This week one of my AP US History students described * as....

[liberalitch]

and I quote (directly from the mouth of Imani Adams) "What does he think he's doin'? He needs to sit up in here with us,... He a hot mess."

[skylarmae]

1. the only word that puzzles - 'hot' mess????

I don't understand this one, unless hot, as in nuclear meltdown hot???

[unblock]

2. perhaps "hot mess" == "steamin' pile"?

:rofl:

[liberalitch]

4. I suspect that is close to the truth.....

[liberalitch]

3. I'm sure that it means something negative in the mind....

of a 16 year old black girl from Hampton, Va.

[MADem]

5. Shows how pedestrian my life is!! I pictured a pot of something

...say oatmeal, or some other messy, starchy dish, boiling over on the stovetop, making a hideous, HOT MESS that is damn near impossible to properly clean up on the first few passes!!!

[rodeodance]

6. gosh, i am out of touch with youth talk!

[MADem]

8. Things don't mean what they used to

I find the best way to overcome it, if I don't know, is to straight out ASK. It's what my great-grandma did with me back in the day!

Every generation has to have a secret language to set them apart. They also have to have hideous clothing and hairstyles that will cause them great shame when the pictures are hauled out thirty years later... It's an unwritten rule!

[sam sarrha]

9. it means ..dog shit

[TexasProgresive]

7. This definition seems to make sense.

A Hot Mess http://www.houseofdebbie.com/ahotmess.html
What does this mean? Basically this refers to a person, event or thing that would cause a person with common sense to think: What where they thinking? Sometimes the articles will just boggle the mind. Contained on this page is a collection of hot messes, ghetto prom pics, ghetto fashion, ghetto madness, drag queen drama, and general craziness that I've found on the web and dug up.