guilty pleasure



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guilty pleasure

Something that one enjoys or finds pleasurable but knows or feels to be bad, inferior, aberrant, or lowbrow, especially as might be perceived or judged by other people. I know these gossip magazines are trashy, but reading them on my commute home is my guilty pleasure!
See also: guilty, pleasure

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NicodÈMenee-ko-DEMFrench
Angell['eindʒəl]
Florentina-Spanish, Late Roman
SirpaSEER-pahFinnish
Tone (2)-Norwegian
Kapena-Hawaiian