Is there a proper way of talking about a negative "privilege"?
I'm writing about a video I watched at the moment. I want to ironically describe "having had the privilege of watching it". The video is terrible, hence my writing about it, so I'd like to put something in front of "privilege" to describe that feeling.
Any ideas?
Solution 1:
The usual way to phrase it is to state that you had the dubious honor/pleasure/distinction (or yes, privilege) of viewing the wretched video.
Solution 2:
You can say that you "had the unfortunate privilege" of watching it.
You can see a lot of examples of this phrase on Google.
Solution 3:
Another good example is "misfortune".