About

Thotumn is a portmanteau of "autumn" and the slang term "thot" used to create mock season meant to follow Hot Girl Summer as an expression of self-love and positivity about one's appearance.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the slang term "thotumn" was published by Urban Dictionary ^[1] user mudslide pussy on March 11th, 2015. They defined the term as a derogatory term for "A blonde female who likes to part take in acivities such as, eating ass, cussing about FIFA wives, twerking, trying to find her eyebrows, and being bestfriends with King Kush."

However, following the spread of the Hot Girl Summer meme, the meaning of the phrase shifted. One of the earliest to use the phrase in this context was Twitter user @condiricenbeans. On July 10th, 2019, they tweeted,^[2] "After Hot Girl Summer comes Thotumn" (shown below).

Spread

Throughout the summer, others made similar jokes about the upcoming season. For example, on August 14th, Twitter^[3] user @hobisbeautymark responded to a tweet about Christian Girl Autumn, "No. We going from Hot Girl Summer to Thotumn. Period." The tweet received more than 3,000 likes and 600 retweets in less than one month (shown below, left). On August 26th, Twitter^[4] user @p4nsy tweeted, "hot girl summer is coming to an end and thotumn is approaching." The tweet received more than 3,400 likes and 1,100 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center).

On September 1st, Twitter^[5] user @beamiller tweeted, "hot girl summer died so thotumn could thrive." Within two days, the tweet received more than 12,000 likes and 2,000 retweets (shown below).

The following day, The Daily Dot ^[6] published a report on the various meme followups to Hot Girl Summer, such as "Grand Theft Autumn," "Witch Bitch Autumn" and more.

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References