hate-watchable

English

Etymology

From hate-watch +‎ -able.

Adjective

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

1. 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.