A chain of mall stores where any scenester can shop for all their pre-packaged sub culture needs. Hot Topic's merchandise is poorly made, yet overpriced. Employees are generally douchebag fashioncore or emo kids who seem to "dress the part" for their job and enjoy approaching all customers entering the store in an over-friendly manner. They might address a customer with a "Hey dude" instead of a professional "Hello Mam." Some people claim they only shop there and buy sale items, however, sale items at hot topic are only bumped down to the price they should have been originally.
by JukeJointJezebel July 12, 2006
Get the hot topicmug. A clothing store in malls pretty much everywhere. Although shopping at this place does NOT make you a poser, there are many posers who shop there. This store sells overpriced clothes for those who have darker tastes in clothing and cannot sew their own originals or buy it from e-bay.
Styles predominant in this store:
-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Rock Band Tees
-Black clothing
-Corsets
-Bondage pants
-Jackets
-Etc.
-Anime & Mainstream Culture Tees
-Pins
CAUTION: When you walk into a Hot Topic, you may experience a slight tingling feeling if you are sensitive to strange vibrations. Be not afraid! These are just the giddy feelings of past customers from their feelings of uniqueness.
Styles predominant in this store:
-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Rock Band Tees
-Black clothing
-Corsets
-Bondage pants
-Jackets
-Etc.
-Anime & Mainstream Culture Tees
-Pins
CAUTION: When you walk into a Hot Topic, you may experience a slight tingling feeling if you are sensitive to strange vibrations. Be not afraid! These are just the giddy feelings of past customers from their feelings of uniqueness.
Clothes from Hot Topic are so cool... and original, reguardless that there are thousands of the same pair of pants.
Hot Topic: The rich goth's alternative to Goodwill.
Hot Topic: The rich goth's alternative to Goodwill.
by OnlyImagined April 9, 2006
Get the Hot Topicmug. A store that promotes anarchy and rebellion against "The Man", despite the fact the employees follow all patrons around the store, making sure they don't steal or participate in any other anarchist ideals.
Anarchy is so cool, man! Yeah! Rock on! AHH! NO! HANDS OFF THE MERCHANDISE, THIEF! Someone, quick! Call the cops!
by Sayo December 29, 2004
Get the Hot Topicmug. Girl: "OMG OMG check this simple plan patch and linkin park sweatband out"
Me: "Fuck you you stupid ass poser"
Me: "Fuck you you stupid ass poser"
by j-doggy April 8, 2005
Get the hot topicermug. a store in which people shop. there is nothing wrong with the people that shop there or the people who don't shop there. People can buy from there if they want to, or people cannot. it is a store where some people like to get clothes. end of story.
"let's go to Hot Topic."
"That's alright, you can go ahead and go in there if you want to."
"Ok. See you later! We'll meet up at the Foodcourt after I'm done."
"That's alright, you can go ahead and go in there if you want to."
"Ok. See you later! We'll meet up at the Foodcourt after I'm done."
by caytay. March 12, 2009
Get the Hot Topicmug. its pretty much the punk rock equivalent to abercrombie or american eagle. the store reaches out to teens with a certian style and is pretty expensive. the kids that shop here spend 50 bucks on invader zim stuff, but criticize others for spending the same price on ripped abercrombie jeans. why can't you all stop criticizing each other, mind your own business and shop where you wanna shop dammit!!!
punk 1: look at that preppy bitch buying that 50 dolllar abercrombie shit! fucking ripped jeans are stupid and useless!
punk 2: lets go to hot topic and by invader zim stuff, its only 50 dollars.
punk 1: okay cool.
punk 2: lets go to hot topic and by invader zim stuff, its only 50 dollars.
punk 1: okay cool.
by whAt_uP?! June 12, 2006
Get the hot topicmug. A clothing/merchandise store that has increased in popularity dramatically since the late 90's (even though the store itself has been in operation since the late 80's). Hot Topic's intention is to appeal primarily to the gothic, industrial and punk crowds, although in recent years it has also had tendences to cater to the metal and emo cultures among others. The franchise is often perceived negatively, both by the cultures it claims to represent, and those who are not interested in said cultures at all. This perception comes from the fact that a) Hot Topic often only explores the most popular and accessible bands in the previously stated cultures, b) adjusts their merchandise to changes in popular trends and c) often features variations of punk/gothic clothing that is intended to be more appealing to today's youth. Additionally, many also claim the accessories are overpriced and/or cheaply manufactured, and the stores tend to attract naive, impressionable teenagers that are primarily concerned with with the materialistic and surface appeal of the cultures represented (resulting in what could be labeled as faux-rebellion and mass conformism). Despite this, some simply see the store as a convenient place to buy accessories that are otherwise difficult to find without going online or visiting speciality stores. Hot Topic is often seen as a haven for posers because of its focus on popular rock merchandise; fans of the store often have a low opinion of clothing stores perceived as "preppy", such as Old Navy or Abercrombie and Fitch (incidentally, consumers of said stores often have a low opinion of those who shop at Hot Topic).
by Cody richeson April 30, 2006
Get the hot topicmug.