Social Media Discourse Vocabulary

noun verbal abuse or censure

• The politician faced intense vituperation from his opponents during the debate.
• She couldn't handle the vituperation from her coworkers and decided to quit.
• The online comments were full of vituperation towards the celebrity's new hairstyle.
• The artist's bold painting received vituperation from traditional art critics.

noun a compound noun formed by combining the words 'hate' and 'watching', typically used to describe the act of watching a television show or movie for the purpose of criticizing or mocking it

• Many viewers engage in hate-watching, where they watch a show they dislike just to criticize it.
• I can't believe I wasted my time hate-watching that terrible movie last night.
• Hate-watching that reality show is my guilty pleasure.
• Hate-watching is like watching a train wreck - you can't look away even though it's awful.