# Thot Thot is a slang insult built from the acronym "That Hoe Over There," pulled from Chicago's drill rap scene and planted into Twitter and Instagram timelines starting in 2012. The word jumped from Katie Got Bandz tracks and Chief Keef videos to viral hashtag wars, parody accounts, and its own Vine dance craze within two years, growing into one of the most argued-over slang words of the mid-2010s. ## Origin The word was first logged on Urban Dictionary on December 5, 2012, with 127 follow-up entries added later[3]. Complex traced the slang to Chicago's drill community, pointing to rapper Katie Got Bandz, whose March 12, 2012 track "Ridin' Round and We Drillin'" put the word in front of a wider audience[4]. A few weeks later, on April 30, 2012, another Chicago rapper, TKO, dropped the single "I Need a Thot"[3]. The social media spread was credited to Duan Gaines, a videographer who shot clips for Chief Keef and other GBE affiliates. Gaines told Complex he first heard the word on the set of Keef's "Aimed At You" video, picked it up from Keef's crew, and started pushing it on Twitter until it trended[1]. - **Platform:** Chicago drill rap / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2012 ## Overview Thot works less like a visual template and more like a drop-in replacement for "hoe" or "slut," aimed at a woman seen as both sexually open and status-chasing[1]. Rappers wrote it into hooks, writers used it in op-ed arguments, and Twitter users folded it into tag chains like #thotsbelike and #youknowyouathot[3]. Critics called the word misogynist[2], while Slate argued it carried a classist edge too, pointed at women thought to be trading sex for cheap goods rather than wealth[6]. The word fans out across audio and text. Songs stack it into hooks, Vine users dubbed it over parody clips, and Instagram meme accounts pair it with photos of exes, celebrities, and anonymous club-goers[1]. By June 2015 the Instagram tag #thotsbelike held more than 91,000 posts[3]. ## How to Use Thot is typically used as a direct noun insult ("she's a thot") or stacked into a hashtag like #thotsbelike paired with a photo or video punchline. Rappers often drop it into a hook as a one-word diss, while Instagram and Vine users commonly build captions around the acronym definition for comedic effect. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Thot? Thot is a slang insult used as a synonym for "hoe" or "slut," especially in drill and trap rap[1]. ### Where did Thot come from? Complex traced the word to Chicago's drill scene around 2012, with Katie Got Bandz's track "Ridin' Round and We Drillin'" among the first to put it on record[1][4]. ### What does Thot mean? Thot is an acronym for "That Hoe Over There," aimed at a woman seen as both promiscuous and status-chasing[2]. ### How do you use Thot? People use it as a direct noun insult or inside hashtags like #thotsbelike and #youknowyouathot on Twitter, Instagram, and Vine[3]. ### Is Thot still popular? The word was still averaging 10,000 to 15,000 uses per day on Twitter in the mid-2010s and ran across more than 91,000 Instagram #thotsbelike posts by June 2015[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.complex.com/music/2014/01/thot-piece]() 2. [https://www.thedailybeast.com/lets-put-an-end-to-thot-the-misogynistic-phrase-thats-sweeping-the-nation]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thot]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2w91zNwot4]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqwBpm3-xw]() 6. [https://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/10/16/a_thot_is_not_a_slut_on_popular_slurs_race_class_and_sex.html]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7am0ZyE8qNk]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/thot Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library