hate-read

or hate·read, hate read

[ heyt-reed ]

verb (used with object),hate-read [heyt-red], /ˈheɪtˌrɛd/, hate-read·ing.
  1. 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.
  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.

Origin of hate-read

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First recorded in 2010–15

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