hot mess

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1. 1

   A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge

   A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.

   • "Smallbones," said the lieutenant, after trying the hot mess before him, and finding that he was still in danger of burning his mouth, "bring me the red-herring."
   • 1 lb. pemican; ¼ lb. pork; ¾ lb. biscuit; ¼ lb flour or bread dust, to mix with pemican into a hot mess;
   • I heard several of the enlisted men make the statement that Company C had provided hot mess for fully a thousand men of other units during the second day of the recent drive in and around Cheppy and Charpentry.
2. 2

   A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray.

   • The politician's in a hot mess since the women got the vote -- his wife threatened not to vote for his candidate unless he wipes the dishes.
   • We’re a hot mess, this bad-tempered country of ours. More than 40 percent of Republicans are slouching toward full-blown autocracy, favorably disposed, in one poll, toward a presidency unfettered by constitutional checks and balances.
3. 3

   A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore,…

   A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore, attractive.

   • My hair had two months of roots exposed. My brows were overgrown. I was a hot mess. And I was fat.
   • "Girl, you're a hot mess, but we're cool," she assured her, but her next words were a warning. "But you really need to stop blurting out the first thing that comes to your mind..."
   • Well, you're a hot mess and I'm falling for you, and I'm like hot damn, let me make you my boo, […] You're a hot mess, I'm loving it, hell yes!
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   1. 4

      Trouble.

      • I'm in a hot mess.

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