hot tamale
English edit
Interjection edit
- An exclamation of surprise.
- Boy oh boy it’s cold today, hot tamale!
Noun edit
hot tamale (plural hot tamales)
- (US, informal) A physically attractive person.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices:
- "Isn't he the cutest thing?" she whispered to Evelyn. "Have you noticed? This place is absolutely crawling with gorgeous men. The ticket-taker, that Latin hot tamale […] "
- 2010, Jenyne M. Raines, Beautylicious!: The Black Girl's Guide to the Fabulous Life, Crown, →ISBN, page 98:
- After years of wearing her hair in braids and schlumping down Seventh Avenue all covered up in padded coats, sweaters, and undies, Wally reinvented herself as a hot tamale with a mane of wild ringlets and a Coca-Cola—shaped bod.
- (US, informal) A comical person or thing.
- He' so funny; what a hot tamale he is!
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hot tamale n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang