verb (used without object)
to act in a manner so vile while attempting to forward one's cause/interests that one only succeeds in engendering
feelings within the general populace/audience that are opposed to one’s cause/interests.
Passed:
PhelpsedOrigin: From Fred Phelps, an
anti-LGBT activist whose methods were so vile they engendered feelings within the general populace in favor of the LGBT cause.