hot garbage
Anything that is extremely bad, low-quality, or worthless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“This new movie is absolute hot garbage.”
“The report was full of errors and missing data, so the manager called it hot garbage.”
“After reading the poorly written manuscript, the editor dismissed the entire project as hot garbage that would never sell.”
From the compound of hot, in its mid-20th-century sense of radioactive, and garbage. The term originated in the nuclear industry to denote radioactive waste materials before evolving into a general descriptor for the highly undesirable.
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baking hot
Very hot.
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blow hot air
To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.
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blow hot and cold
To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
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boiling hot
Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).
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come in hot
To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.
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full of hot air
Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
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hissing hot
Very hot.
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hot air
Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.
Last updated August 10, 2026