[BEY-thos]
noun
Insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
I can’t stand these jerk-off guys on the Bachelorette, all laying on the bathos extra thick to try to get in this broad’s skirt.
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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)
“Bathos.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/bathos. Accessed 9 May 2025.
The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago Style)
The Effin’ Word, s.v. “bathos”, accessed May 9, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/bathos.
American Psychological Association (APA Style)
The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Bathos. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved May 9, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/bathos