a hot mess

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've heard this several times, but only in the past couple of weeks.
UrbanDictionary.com gives most imaginable nuances:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hot%20mess . The many
hundreds of thumbs up or down show how common the phrase is.

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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