hate-watchable

English

Etymology

hate-watch + -able

Adjective

hate-watchable (comparative more hate-watchable, superlative most hate-watchable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being hate-watched.
    • 2012, Joshua Alston, "As fall shows begin on US TV, here are the ones you'll love to hate-watch", The Guardian, 27 September 2012:
      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, Christopher Borrelli, "What does hate-watching mean?", Chicago Tribune, 24 February 2013:
      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, Jarrad Saffren, "Aaron Sorkin brings hate-watching to a narrative medium", The Daily Orange (Syracuse University), 19 July 2013:
      This is the point of connection that makes “The Newsroom” so hate-watchable.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:hate-watchable.
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