hate-watchable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hate-watch + -able
Adjective[edit]
hate-watchable (comparative more hate-watchable, superlative most hate-watchable)
- Capable of, or suitable for, being hate-watched.
- 2012 September 27, Joshua Alston, “As fall shows begin on US TV, here are the ones you'll love to hate-watch”, in The Guardian:
- The title and the premise make it [The Mob Doctor] sound less hate-watchable than just, y'know, hateable, and there's an undeniable cheese factor that permeates the pilot.
- 2013 February 24, Christopher Borrelli, “What does hate-watching mean?”, in Chicago Tribune:
- If your hate-watching involves guilt, you are not doing it in the proper spirit. To be fair, this can be confusing: The divisions between hate-watchable TV, camp (delivered with a wink) and guilty pleasures (which generally offer no pretense of quality) can seem razor thin.
- 2013 July 19, Jarrad Saffren, “Aaron Sorkin brings hate-watching to a narrative medium”, in The Daily Orange, Syracuse University:
- This is the point of connection that makes “The Newsroom” so hate-watchable.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hate-watchable.