car-crash TV

noun

television programmes that show deliberately controversial, disturbing, or horrific material

C20: from their eliciting in the viewer a similar horrified fascination to that experienced by people watching scenes of cars crashing

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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