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- noun idiomatic Something that brings
pleasure but is consideredtaboo ,unadvisable orlowbrow .
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Examples
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Watching the kardashians is a guilty pleasure because it’s a bad show, it’s pretty low brow, you’re not going to get anything good from it, really it’s a waste of time, but some people like to watch it just as mindless entertainment. Another example of a guilty pleasure could be eating too much junk food, or scrolling Reddit too much.
Can someone please explain what a guilty pleasure is? Impressive_Web385 2025
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“A guilty pleasure is something that we enjoy, but we know we’re either not supposed to like, or that liking it says something negative about us,” said Sami Schalk, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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These guilty pleasures are films that might objectively be boring, stupid, nonsensical, ridiculous, poorly made, not well known, etc. but there is something about them that appeals to us and makes them enjoyable to watch.
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