different between thot vs whore

English

Etymology 1

From Scots thoucht, thocht, thoth, from Middle English thought, thou?th, þau?t, þau?th, a variant (probably through combination with that, as in though that) of though, thogh (“though”). More at though.

Adverb

thot (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
   • 1568, Christis Kirk on Grene, 266:

     Tho^t he wes wicht he wes not wyss.

Conjunction

thot

1. (Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of though.
   • c. 1560, Alexander Scott, Poems, "Ffollowis the Justing and Debait...", line 147:

     ...Ffor, wer ?e foursum in a flok,
     I compt ?ow no^t a leik,
     Tho^t I had rycht no^t bot a rok
     To gar ?our rumpill reik
     Behynd;...

Etymology 2

Variant of thought (q.v.) first attested in Scots c. 16th century but since spread through all English dialects.

Noun

thot (plural thots)

1. Nonstandard form of thought.
   • 1611, William Mure, Miscellaneous Poems, ii, line 13:

     Perceauing me in thot perplex'd.

   • 1742 Edmund S. Morgan, The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795

     much beset with wicked thots saturday night

Verb

thot

1. Nonstandard form of thought, simple past tense and past participle of think

Etymology 3

Supposedly an acronym of that ho over there or acronym of thirsty hoes over there, popularized by rappers in Chicago in 2012.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Additional sources please: these sound like fake folk etymologies.”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophone: thought (accents with the cot–caught merger)

Alternative forms

• thotty

Noun

thot (plural thots)

1. (US, derogatory slang) A slut, a woman who is sexually promiscuous.
   • 2014 June 23, Amanda Marcotte, "Let's Put an End to 'THOT': The Misogynistic Phrase That's Sweeping the Nation", The Daily Beast:

     ...the appearance of the word “thot” in the whole mess shows how much it’s morphed into the same kind of word as “slut”—a catch-all way to put any woman in her place by suggesting that she’s somehow too sexual. But, of course, it’s a game women can’t win, because if you’re not obviously sexual enough to be called a “thot,” then you’re simply going to be disparaged for failing to be sexy enough.

   • 2017 May 8, Roy Wood Jr., "State of Black Shit", The Daily Show:

     That's why we're counting on you, Black Twitter, to continue the innovations in the field of slang. Never has black slang been appropriated so quickly. The other day, I heard two middle-aged white dudes calling each other thots. That word is gone.

   • 2018 May 25, Samantha Cole, "Pewdiepie Is Teaching His Audience that Women Are Asking For It", Motherboard

     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.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Derived terms

• thottery
• tradthot

References

• “thot” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “think, v².”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2009
• “though, adv., conj., & n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912
• “thought, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2009

Anagrams

• Toth, hott

English

Alternative forms

• whoore (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hore, from Old English h?re, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros (“loved”), from *keh?- (“to wish; desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hô, IPA^(key): /h??/
• (General American) enPR: hôr, IPA^(key): /h??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?r, IPA^(key): /ho(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho?/
• (nonstandard but traditional, several locations) enPR: ho?or, IPA^(key): /h??/, /h??/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)
• Homophone: hoar
• Homophone: hoe (non-rhotic with dough-door merger (AAVE, non-rhotic Southern accents))
• Hyphenation: whore

Noun

whore (plural whores)

1. (derogatory) Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 2

     The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore.

   • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:

     I come looking for a job
     But I get no offers
     Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

2. (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
   • 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 250

     So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.

3. (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
4. (vulgar, derogatory) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
5. (vulgar, derogatory) A contemptible person.

Synonyms

• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
• (promiscuous woman): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

whore (third-person singular simple present whores, present participle whoring, simple past and past participle whored)

1. (intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
2. (intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
3. (transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
4. (transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.

   Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book?

5. (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
6. (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
7. (transitive, slang, video games, vulgar, derogatory) To overuse something.

Synonyms

• (to prostitute oneself): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
• (to pimp): pander, turn out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
• (to promote shamelessly): tout, pimp

Derived terms

• whore around
• whore out

Translations

Anagrams

• Hower, how're, hower