[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 4 June 2023.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “bathos”, accessed June 4, 2023, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/bathos.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Bathos. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved June 4, 2023, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/bathos


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