hot mess

Meaning

Noun

• A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
• trouble, I'm in a hot mess.
• A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray.
• A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless, or therefore, attractive.

Origin

• hot + mess.
• hot or hot + mess.