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dwarfsploitation

dwarfsploitation noun: the exploitation of little people in the media (especially film and television).

Noun

dwarfsploitation (uncountable)

  1. The exploitation of little people in the media (especially film and television).
    • 2000, Marc Spitz, "All The Small Things: Deconstructing Dwarfsploitation in Music Videos", Spin, September 2000, page 70 (used in title only)
    • I'm 3'8" tall. I'm realistic. I'm never going to be a leading man, unless some clueless script writer get's^([sic]) it into his head to write a dwarfsploitation film.2011, C. M. Dabbah, The House of Shades, Red Lead Press, →ISBN, page 119

Origin of dwarfsploitation

From dwarf + -sploitation.

Questions about dwarfsploitation

What does dwarfsploitation mean?
Dwarfsploitation means the exploitation of little people in the media (especially film and television).
What part of speech is dwarfsploitation?
Dwarfsploitation is a noun.

Words near dwarfsploitation in the dictionary

  1. dwarfmaid
  2. dwarfmaids
  3. dwarfness
  4. dwarfs
  5. dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
  6. dwarfsploitation
  7. dwarfy
  8. Dwarka
  9. dwarrow
  10. dwarrowdam
  11. dwarrowdams

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