hate-boner

noun

An intense and enthralling feeling of hatred for someone or something.

Meanings

nounhate-boner (plural hate-boners)

plural hate-boners · alternative hate boner · alternative hateboner

  1. CanadaUSslangvulgarAn intense and enthralling feeling of hatred for someone or something.

    Nothing makes liberals sport a hate-boner more than the word oil.

    2011 September 30, Kevin Moser, “Don't fear the pipeline, trust expert's opinion”, in Daily Nebraskan, volume 111, number 30, Lincoln: University of Nebraska, page 6
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    Roxy is a pretty liberal gal, and so while rape porn is kinda tacky and gross, she doesn't have a raging feminist hate-boner for it.

    2012 April 23, “Roxy Heart”, in Salient, volume 75, number 6, Victoria University of Wellington, page 23

    I voted for Obama in 2008, for much the same reason I would vote for a candidate that didn't sell his soul to a core group of slobbering maniacs with hate-boners for welfare.

    2012 November 8, Josh Ruffin, “The Wasteland”, in Metro Spirit, volume 23, number 44, page 6
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Chicago

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