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hot take en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. A bold, broad, and subjective moral generalization on a situation, with little or no original analysis or insight, especially by a journalist.
   • Today, 124 years after its publication, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” might be described as the archetypal political “hot take” — written in anger and filled with insulting characterizations of political opponents. 2020 August 23, Robert Mitchell, “‘What’s the Matter with Kansas?’ The words still resonate 124 years later.”, in Washington Post:
   • Carson’s demented Obama-vilifying hot takes – Obamacare was ‘the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery’ – are too extreme to gain a serious following even among the apocalyptic rank-and-file of today’s GOP. 2015, Chris Lehmann, ‘The Candidates’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:
   • Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, said recently that he believes chatbots now hallucinate less than humans do. That feels like a hot take to me, but I would like to see the data. 2025 June 16, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, “Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • We need a hero. We need the boldest, hottest take possible, issued without apology, and without ANY kind of self-awareness. We need Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla, who yesterday issued the Last Supper of hot takes […]. 2014 July 11, Drew Magary, “Denver Post Columnist Writes The Hottest LeBron Take Ever”, in Deadspin.com:
   • In fact, watching With Love, Meghan early this morning already felt like a past washing over me, so much so that I decided that maybe – and please stay with me for this hot take – maybe, Meghan has made a landmark TV series after all. 2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian:
2. (broadly, qualifier:social media) A controversial opinion.

Forms

Deriveds

hot-takey

Translations (8)

fr hot take (moral generalization) · fi karkea yleistys (moral generalization) · fi väkevä mielipide (controversial opinion) · cmn 陳詞濫調 /陈词滥调 (moral generalization) · cmn 爭議性言論 /争议性言论 (controversial opinion) · fr hot take (controversial opinion) · fi hot take (moral generalization) · cmn 空泛評論 /空泛评论 (moral generalization)