hate watch

Meaning

To 'hate watch' means to watch a television show, movie, or online video despite actively disliking it. The entertainment value comes from criticizing, mocking, or laughing at how bad or ridiculous it is, often while discussing it with other people online or in person.

Examples

• The writing on this reality show is terrible, but I love to hate watch it every week.

  The writing on this reality show is terrible, but I love to hate watch it every week.

• Are you actually enjoying this series, or are you just hate watching it?

  Are you actually enjoying this series, or are you just hate watching it?

• We ordered pizza and spent the whole night hate watching old, cheesy horror movies.

  We ordered pizza and spent the whole night hate watching old, cheesy horror movies.

• I know the sequel is going to be awful, but I'm still going to hate watch it.

  I know the sequel is going to be awful, but I'm still going to hate watch it.

• Social media makes it so much fun to hate watch bad award shows together.

  Social media makes it so much fun to hate watch bad award shows together.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I watched the movie with hate.

  ✓ I hate watched the movie.

  'Hate watch' is a specific compound slang verb. Saying 'watched with hate' sounds overly dramatic, literal, and lacks the casual, mocking tone of the slang.

• ✗ It is a hate watching show.

  ✓ It is a show I hate watch.

  'Hate watch' is primarily a verb. You can use 'a hate-watch' as a noun, but 'hate watching' is not typically used as an adjective modifying a noun.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I don't even like this influencer, but I still ___ watch her videos.

  💡 A four-letter word meaning intense dislike, used here as a prefix.

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  hate

• We spent all Sunday ___ watching that terrible new sci-fi series.

  💡 The first part of the compound verb in the continuous (-ing) form.

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  hate