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slackcom

slackcom noun: a sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.

Noun

slackcom (plural slackcoms)

  1. (UK) A sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.
    • "Slackcom," confesses Cheryl Taylor, commissioner for entertainment at Channel 4, "is a term we started bandying around because of the nature of a lot of the sitcoms we started receiving; proposals revolving around twenty- or thirtysomething non-professionals."1999 September 6, Janine Gibson, “Spaced out”, in The Guardian

Forms of slackcom

pluralslackcoms

Origin of slackcom

Blend of slacker + sitcom.

Questions about slackcom

What does slackcom mean?
Slackcom means a sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.
What part of speech is slackcom?
Slackcom is a noun.
What is the plural of slackcom?
The plural of slackcom is slackcoms.

Words near slackcom in the dictionary

  1. slack-waters
  2. slackadaisical
  3. slackard
  4. slackards
  5. slackass
  6. slackcom
  7. slackcoms
  8. slackcountry
  9. slacked
  10. slacked off
  11. slacked up

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