(HAY.thohs; TH as in thin) n. Feelings of pleasure derived from hating someone or something.
—hathotic adj.
an effortless blend of hate and pathos. The word may be nearly 17 years old (it was coined by journalist Alex Heard in 1987.
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—hathotic adj.
an effortless blend of hate and pathos. The word may be nearly 17 years old (it was coined by journalist Alex Heard in 1987.
http://www.wordspy.com/words/hathos.asp
Why pay good money and drive to the multiplex to obtain hathos when The Ricki Lake Show beams it in every weekday for free?
I feel that way about Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly is compelling in some mysterious way. You find yourself watching him the way you sometimes smell your own farts: it's disgusting, but you can't help yourself.
--Andrew Sullivan
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/02/hathos.html
I feel that way about Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly is compelling in some mysterious way. You find yourself watching him the way you sometimes smell your own farts: it's disgusting, but you can't help yourself.
--Andrew Sullivan
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/02/hathos.html
by dick13 March 13, 2009
Get the hathos mug.Ha·thos \ˈhā-ˌthōs\ (noun). Ha·thet·ic \hā-ˈthe-tik\ (adj). Coined by Alex Heard in 1987. Meaning: something so unpleasant you can't help but be riveted by it, for example, Bill O'Reilly, Pat Robertson, Rebecca Black, the Westboro Baptist Church, and the smell of one's own farts.
Margie Phelps announcing that Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing Steve Job's funeral -- from her iPhone -- was pure hathos.
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Q: What did the white cat say when it saw the black cat crossing the street?
A: Meoww
1) He uses hathodas to entertain people around him
Q: What did the white cat say when it saw the black cat crossing the street?
A: Meoww
1) He uses hathodas to entertain people around him
by Hathoda of the Day June 4, 2011
Get the Hathoda mug.Hathor is a very ancient goddess, dating to predynastic times. When dynastic rule began, as Horus was associated with the king, Hathor was with the queen. Her name translates to "The House of Horus," and so she is associated with the royal family. But also, as the entire world could be said to be the House of Horus, Hathor can be seen as the mother-goddess of the whole world, similar to Isis.
Hathor's cult is unusual; as both men and women were her priests (most deities had clerics of the same gender as they). Many of them were artisans, musicians, and dancers who turned their talents into creating rituals that were nothing short of works of art. Music and dance were part of the worship of Hathor like no other deity in Egypt. Hathor herself was the incarnation of dance, and stories were told of how Hathor danced before Ra when he was in despair to cheer him up. Inspiration was also Hathor's bailiwick, and many would come to the temples of Hathor to have their dreams explained or to beseech her for her aid in creation, much in the same way the Greeks invoked the Nine Muses.
by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010
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by Geoff Dolphin July 1, 2007
Get the hatrosexual mug.Negative comment, used to rib a person who over-uses the stingy-brim hat fashion statement. The deserving person can be seen constantly adjusting it, looking in mirrors and glancing at window reflections.
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