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
Chukwu-Mythology
Volodimeru-Medieval Slavic
Rana (1)-Arabic
JudasJOO-dəs (English)Biblical
Fernandafer-NAHN-dah (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Huang-Chinese