Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is not to stir up a debate about masks, it's about human behavior.

Definition of hot mess
1. Informal
Something or someone that is emphatically a mess: such as
a: something in a state of extreme disorder or disarray
b: a disorganized, disheveled, or self-destructive person

2. Archaic
a: a hot dish especially of soft or pulpy food
b: a hot mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together

First Known Use of hot mess
circa 1772, in the meaning defined at 2b