Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A situation comedy.
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- initialism Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive or Outrageous Mortgage
- noun A
situation comedy : an episodiccomedy television program with aplot orstoryline based around a particularhumorous situation. - noun An episode of such a program.
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- noun a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
- noun a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Earth” the sitcom is a comedy for the rest of the universe.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan 2006
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Second, even if a particular kind of sitcom is dying out, that doesn't mean the form has lost its popularity.
Sitcoms: The Future Jaime J. Weinman 2004
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Episode six of awesome sysadmin sitcom The IT Crowd is ...
Boing Boing 2009
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The guy behind the counter, George, in his 20s, treated us like lovable scum, like you see bartenders treating the barflys in a sitcom from the era.
Boing Boing 2009
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A sitcom based off of a twitter account still doesn't bold well with me, either does being on CBS whose only good sitcom is How I Met Your Mother, the rest are very obvious generic sitcom style humor.
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Written by Jennifer Konner and Alexandra Rushfield, veterans of another ABC dud, Help Me Help You, this sort-of sitcom is yet another show built around types rather than people.
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Whites9pm, BBC2Matt King and Oli Lansley's slightly offbeat country kitchen sitcom is up there with Rev as one of the best comedy debuts of the year.
Tonight's TV highlights David Stubbs 2010
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But any heft and truth in this amiable but lightweight family sitcom comes from the great CCH Pounder.
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The whole “gruff and edgy” husband/father based sitcom is a concept that currently does not have a strong showing on tv already.
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The market says playing third banana on a bad sitcom is worth $20,000 dollars a week.
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Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids or start a home business.
October 3, 2007