גילטי פלז׳ר

Hebrew

Etymology

From English guilty pleasure. A literal translation would be עֹנֶג אָשֵׁם ('óneg ashém).

Noun

גִילְטִי פְּלֶזֶ׳ר • (gílti plézher) m

1. A guilty pleasure: a piece of pop culture (such as a movie or TV show) that a person enjoys despite its generally being considered low-quality.
   • 2021 January 3, שירלי גל (Shirley Gal) "ברידג'רטון" היא גילטי פלז'ר? הו, כמה אתם טועים ("brídzherton" hí gílti plézher? hó, kamá atém to'ím, “Is ‘Bridgerton’ a guilty pleasure? Oh, how wrong you are”), Haaretz.