tradthot

English

Etymology

From trad (“traditional”) +‎ thot (“promiscuous woman”), by analogy with tradwife.

Noun

tradthot (plural tradthots)

1. (slang, derogatory) A woman whose self-professed support of traditional Western gender roles is viewed as insincere or opportunistic.
   • 2017 December 7, James Warren, “The Misogynist Civil War Within the Alt-Right”, in Vanity Fair:

     What Sommer calls a “full-scale freakout” against women of the far right has ensued. At the forefront is a former D.C. pick-up artists who goes by Roosh V. He “intoned to his followers on YouTube about how they had been grifted by the 'tradthots.'”
     “Scratch a traditional girl, one who has some kind of fame, and you reveal a feminist every single time,” Roosh warned his acolytes.

   • 2018 June 1, Annie Kelly, “The Housewives of White Supremacy”, in The New York Times:

     Several longtime alt-right commentators have begun to post lengthy warnings denouncing “trad thots” — women they deem disingenuous in their support — who they say latch onto the movement as a source of fame or money.

   • 2020, Christopher Charles, "(Main)streaming Hate: Analyzing White Supremacist Content and Framing Devices on YouTube ", dissertation submitted to the University of Central Florida, page 175:

     When a viewer complained about the poor lighting and sound quality in her video, Lacey Lynn explains that she could upgrade but that would likely require accepting user donations, and if she did that, she would be considered a Trad Thot by the community.

Usage notes

This term is heavily associated with the alt-right and white supremacist subcultures.