hate-read

American  

[heyt-reed] / ˈheɪtˌrid /

Or hateread,

verb (used with object)

hate-read, hate-reading

1. to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.

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verb (used without object)

hate-read, hate-reading

1. to engage in this activity.

noun

1. a blog, newspaper, etc., that one hate-reads.

2. the activity of hate-reading.

   my hate-read of her weekly column.

Etymology

Origin of hate-read

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hate-read hate-reading

Late last month, the New York Times quietly bid farewell to my favorite weekly hate-read.

From Slate ● May 9, 2025

You can get people to hate-read a story, but you can’t get them to hate-buy a video phone.

From The Verge ● Oct. 17, 2018

Most of the time you’re safe to tune him out unless you want a hate-read.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2016

That’s what makes the modern parenting hate-read such a masterwork.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013

But it doesn’t really matter if you’re a “good parent” or a “bad parent”—we’ll hate-read you both with equal enthusiasm.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2013

This might make you think that I’m hate-reading the magazine.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2025

And yet the oblivious parents are more than fodder for hate-reading.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2019

In addition to these old favorites, my 2018 men’s gift guide hate-reading sessions have turned up a few new trends in manhood.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2018

As Jenni’s said, our audience is anyone who’s not hate-reading us.

From Time ● Sep. 29, 2015

I have blocked a handful of pundits and public figures, to make it harder to punish myself with hate-reading them.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2013