Hot mess?

I keep hearing the phrase its a 'hot mess' used. Given the context it presumably means its a right mess! But why hot? This is going to bother me until I know where it came from and why, because it makes no sense!

NAS39248 over 6 years ago

I thought it was emotions running hot leading to chaotic behaviour but I'm normally wrong!
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Zomted over 6 years ago in reply to Original Prankster

ive heard it used in other contexts too, but maybe that is where it started. Sounds plausible.
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Zomted over 6 years ago in reply to Yup, definitely Autistic!

Whether thats true or not i love this answer. This my brain can compute!
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Yup, definitely Autistic! over 6 years ago

Hi,

I understand this phrase to be a euphemism for 'it's sh*t !'

Presumably it's hot because it's recently produced.
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Original Prankster over 6 years ago

I've heard it used primarily in relation to females of the species who are kind of a disaster-area but still 'hot' (attractive)...
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