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- noun Plural form of
romcom .
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Examples
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All of the execrable 'romcoms' written by Richard Curtis rest largely on indecision where the protagonists can't decide if they are friends or lovers.
Archive 2008-12-01 Ms Robinson 2008
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I would shoot straight to the teen romcoms rack, but the adjacent foreign movies section often caught my eye - offering extreme sexual content that my parents would never usually let me see, except this was foreign and therefore art.
Claire Gordon: Browsing Is Dead Claire Gordon 2011
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Here are our 14 favorite teachings from the world of romcoms.
The Frenemy: 14 Things We Learned From Romantic Comedies The Frenemy 2010
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Here are our 14 favorite teachings from the world of romcoms.
The Frenemy: 14 Things We Learned From Romantic Comedies The Frenemy 2010
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Here are our 14 favorite teachings from the world of romcoms.
The Frenemy: 14 Things We Learned From Romantic Comedies The Frenemy 2010
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Once upon a time romcoms were so insightful as to the ephemeral nature of love that they earned Oscar awards.
Emily Bracken: Romantic Comedies Are Dying Because Romance Is Dead Emily Bracken 2011
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Anyway, we're not complaining because this meant we got a late-summer reminder of what a clever, addictive little treat this show has developed into after being lumped in with—and outlasting—lesser septet-centric romcoms like Perfect Couples and Mad Love last spring.
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I would shoot straight to the teen romcoms rack, but the adjacent foreign movies section often caught my eye - offering extreme sexual content that my parents would never usually let me see, except this was foreign and therefore art.
Claire Gordon: Browsing Is Dead Claire Gordon 2011
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By contrast, romcoms today are to love what porn is to sex: plot-driven romances with some comedy thrown in.
Emily Bracken: Romantic Comedies Are Dying Because Romance Is Dead Emily Bracken 2011
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Attempts to become a film producer with his former partner Elizabeth Hurley foundered then failed at the end of the 1990s, while a series of romcoms opposite leading American actresses have failed to work the box office magic of his outings with Curtis in Notting Hill or Love Actually.
Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, the screen's leading Englishmen at 50 Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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