"hate-watcher" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From hate-watch + -er.",
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          "ref": "2012 June 2, Frazier Moore, “Awesomely AWFUL?”, in Winnipeg Free Press, archived from the original on 2016-04-21:",
          "text": "Hate-watching is a sport that used to fall under the broad term \"guilty pleasure,\" but now seems retrofitted for the age of social media. It goes something like this: You watch a show you wouldn't choose to watch for any reason other than to mock it for its awfulness – say, by sharing snide Twitter exchanges with like-minded hate-watchers when the program airs.",
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          "ref": "2013 July 10, Kevin Fallon, “Why you should watch the second season of ‘The Newsroom’”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 2016-12-24:",
          "text": "How does a freshman show that became infamous for its legion of hate-watchers return for a second season—and still get people to tune in?",
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          "ref": "2014 January 14, Steve Cavendish, “TV review: Crazy Hearts – A show designed to be hated”, in Nashville Scene, archived from the original on 2016-12-24:",
          "text": "Ever since the phenomenon of \"hate-watching\" emerged – watching a detestable television show and sharing observations about its epic awfulness on social media – I have wondered if there were network execs cynical enough to create a show so bad that the only people who tuned in were hate-watchers.",
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          "ref": "2016 December 11, James Poniewozik, “The new reality of TV: All Trump, all the time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2016-12-16:",
          "text": "Mr. [Donald] Trump sees something in the news; he gets made; he tweets; that becomes the news; repeat. He's the Hate-Watcher in Chief.",
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        "One who hate-watches."
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  "word": "hate-watcher"
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  "etymology_text": "From hate-watch + -er.",
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          "ref": "2014 January 14, Steve Cavendish, “TV review: Crazy Hearts – A show designed to be hated”, in Nashville Scene, archived from the original on 2016-12-24:",
          "text": "Ever since the phenomenon of \"hate-watching\" emerged – watching a detestable television show and sharing observations about its epic awfulness on social media – I have wondered if there were network execs cynical enough to create a show so bad that the only people who tuned in were hate-watchers.",
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          "text": "Mr. [Donald] Trump sees something in the news; he gets made; he tweets; that becomes the news; repeat. He's the Hate-Watcher in Chief.",
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