The difference between Hot mess and Omnishambles
When used as nouns, hot mess means a warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge, whereas omnishambles means a situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hot mess and Omnishambles
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Hot mess as a noun (military):
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
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Hot mess as a noun (slang, idiomatic, mostly, US):
A situation or object in a state of extreme disarray.
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Hot mess as a noun (slang, idiomatic, mostly, US):
A disheveled or unbalanced person, particularly one who is nevertheless — or therefore — attractive.
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Omnishambles as a noun (UK, informal, chiefly, politics):
A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
Examples:
"Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles."