hot take
hot take noun: a bold, broad, and subjective moral generalization on a situation, with little or no original analysis or insight, especially by a journalist.
Noun
hot take (plural hot takes)
- A bold, broad, and subjective moral generalization on a situation, with little or no original analysis or insight, especially by a journalist.
- 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
- 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
- A controversial opinion.
Forms of hot take
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Questions about hot take
- What does hot take mean?
- Hot take means a bold, broad, and subjective moral generalization on a situation, with little or no original analysis or insight, especially by a journalist.
- What part of speech is hot take?
- Hot take is a noun.
- What is the plural of hot take?
- The plural of hot take is hot takes.
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