When is a hot spot not a hot spot?
When it’s a hotspot!
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the preferred spelling is hot spot, although hotspot is acceptable. According to the yahoo.com team of crackerjack editors and writers, both spellings are acceptable simultaneously. The rest of the professional scribes in the world agree on one spelling and stick to it.
December 6, 2012 at 5:09 pm
It’s always a spot, could be hot, could be not. But it’s never a hot… without the spot. Therefore, you can’t have hot spot, it should be hotspot. Just saying…
December 6, 2012 at 6:57 pm
You got me thinking: Maybe it’s really two words: hots pot. And someone has the hots for someone’s pot. Or not.