(drink/sip) haterade (1998)

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:39 PM -0400 7/6/05, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>"Haterade" (also "hatorade", "hate-orade", etc.) is a blend of "hate" and
>"Gatorade"... Urbandictionary supplies some nuanced definitions:
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>haterade
>a figurative drink, representing a modality of thought, in which those who
>consume are themselves consumed by the negativity which with they speak
>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=haterade
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>Hatorade
>a figurative drink a hater may thirst for and share. Generally used when
>someone hops on the bandwagon to hate on someone or something.
>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hatorade
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>This is late-'90s hiphop lingo, still popular in some circles.
>
For example, in Stuart Scott's SportsCenter bits, where other hiphop
lingo from the same period finds a happy home...

Larry