Which the Definition/Meaning of hathos in categoryENGLISH - CITATIONS
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Which the Definition/Meaning of hathos in categoryENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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Blend of _hate_ and _pathos_. According to journalist Alex Heard, this word was coined in 1985 when he was searching for a word to describe the "cringe-y feeling you get when celebs go AWOL" and attended a Super Bowl party where he and another guest, then-Bob Dole press aide Scott Richardson, exchanged ideas until they came up with "hathos." The word's first apparent use in print was in an essay by Heard, published in the _The Washington Post_ on May 17, 1987.
Blend of hate and pathos. According to journalist Alex Heard, this word was coined in 1985 when he was searching for a word to describe the "cringe-y feeling you get when celebs go AWOL" and attended a Super Bowl party where he and another guest, then-Bob Dole press aide Scott Richardson, exchanged ideas until they came up with "hathos." The word's first apparent use in print was in an essay by Heard, published in the The Washington Post on May 17, 1987.
Which the Definition/Meaning of hathos in categoryENGLISH - NOUN
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HATHOS (_uncountable_)
* Enjoyment derived from hatred of a person or thing.
* 1996, Rod Dreher, "Hate it, Love it", _Sun-Sentinel_, 7 January 1996:
The patron saint of HATHOS connoisseurs, H.L. Mencken, was a brave soul, but even a fellow as sturdy and unstinting as he might have been struck dumb in the presence of the extravagantly hathotic Kathie Lee Gifford.
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* love to hate
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* ^ "More on the origins of Hathos"
* ^ Andrew Sullivan, "I AM HATHOS!", _The Daily Dish_, 21 June 2001
* ^ hathos on WordSpy.com
