My experience with the term is that it is to signal that you know something is lowbrow, ephemera, or otherwise tacky/trashy. So authors might use it for formulaic reading they partake in while sipping drinks with way too many umbrellas, or someone that likes to flip through the plot updates of daytime soaps, or even someone that buys a can of readymade frosting just to eat on graham crackers.
"Guilty Pleasure" seems to be a way of saying "this area is not open for debate" since 'don't harsh my squee' had yet to be introduced into the language.
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Date: 2010-01-24 07:08 pm (UTC)"Guilty Pleasure" seems to be a way of saying "this area is not open for debate" since 'don't harsh my squee' had yet to be introduced into the language.