Show Hole

What does show hole mean?

Sadness after finishing your favorite show

Show hole is the sadness experienced after finsihing a TV show series. The term is meant to describe the emptiness felt after you finish your favorite TV show or online series and have nothing else to watch.

The feeling commonly arises after binge-watching a show on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. It's like getting to know a real good friend and then he leaves you forever. The emptiness can sometimes be too much to handle so it's important that you get hooked on another show pretty quickly.

Example

"I think I cried three different times during the finale and now I have a show hole where my heart used to be."
Amazon Fire TV started the show hole hashtag in response to this epidemic

Amazon Fire TV started the show hole hashtag in response to this epidemic

Related Slang

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VODVideo on demand
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BBBreaking Bad
HOCHouse of Cards
Netflix and chillHook up

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Last Updated: June 24, 2016

Show hole definition

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