# Fill in the blank hot:\_\_\_\_\_::hotter:comparative::hottest:superlative

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-hot-_____-hotter-comparative-hottest-superlative/359004>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-hot-_____-hotter-comparative-hottest-superlative/359004 "2006-06-01T13:20:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-hot-_____-hotter-comparative-hottest-superlative/359004/21 "2011-03-03T12:20:03Z")

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Wow, that’s really neat. Thanks! (Does this new info mean the thread has been de-zombified?)

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**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blank-hot-_____-hotter-comparative-hottest-superlative/359004/22 "2011-03-03T12:28:15Z")

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Probably not as I don’t see that we have added anything to the discussion of Positive/Comparative/Superlative (which are the correct terms). I was just throwing an off-hand comment to **Leo Bloom** ’s suggestion of Vindicitive (a wonderful word, by the way).

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