Plural of bathos; instances of an abrupt and awkward shift from elevated language or subject matter to something commonplace or ridiculous.
Greek bathos 'depth' or 'low point', used in English literary criticism since the 18th century. The plural bathoses refers to multiple examples of this literary effect.
Bathos is why dramatic movie trailers sometimes accidentally become funny—imagine 'In a world of danger... one man must learn to cook'—that sudden drop is pure bathos!
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