hate-read

[ heyt-reed ]

/ ˈheɪtˌrid /

Informal.

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verb (used with object), hate-read

[heyt-red], /ˈheɪtˌrɛd/, hate-read·ing.

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

verb (used without object), hate-read

[heyt-red], /ˈheɪtˌrɛd/, hate-read·ing.

to engage in this activity.

noun

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

the activity of hate-reading: my hate-read of her weekly column.

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Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.
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There was nobody that I read who was like, “This is just… whatever.”
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If you read the reactions, she was billed as ‘Beauty and Brains.’
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It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching.
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Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”
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But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
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I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
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Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
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No man should regard the subject of religion as decided for him until he has read The Golden Bough.
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Davy read this over two or three times, in the greatest perplexity, and then gave it up in despair.
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