new hotness
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8.5
- noun
- Slang
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nueva tendencia
- In the world of video games, the latest console release is the new hotness.
Examples
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Perl was the new hotness.
Blog text (11) -
The new hotness among fashion designers this season is sustainability.
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Yeah, it's the new hotness, sort of.
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I drive the new hotness.
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So now I am running the new hotness Chrome OS 23.0.1271.84 beta instead of the old and busted Chrome OS 21.x.
Blog text (13) -
Feeling newly empowered, I went in and changed the OS updates setting to the "beta channel." So now I am running the new hotness Chrome OS 23.0.1271.84 beta instead of the old and busted Chrome OS 21.x.
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Smart home devices are the new hotness for tech enthusiasts right now.
Synonyms
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3.5
A popular style or activity for a short time
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4.2
A short time when many people like the same thing
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7.2
A person or thing that many people like and find exciting
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2.7
A new song that many people like and play a lot
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3.8
A thing that many people see and share online very quickly
A person or thing that becomes very famous very quickly
Antonyms
How Trendy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'something currently very popular' is a straightforward composition of 'new' (recent) + 'hotness' (the state of being 'hot' or popular). Although 'hot' is used metaphorically here, the noun 'hotness' is a predictable derivation and the overall sense is immediately inferable by learners who know the constituents, so a B1 learner would likely understand it.
Etymology
New hotness comes from joining new and hotness; imagine a fresh, just-baked cake that is steaming and everyone wants a piece because it is hot and new. That's why a new hotness means the latest thing that is very 'popular' and exciting.