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slice of life

slice of life noun: a work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.

Noun

slice of life (plural slices of life)

  1. A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.
  2. An ordinary social occurrence or sequence of events.
    • […] in the culturally constituted world, but it needs advertising to link it to certain social representations, certain slices of life.2003, Thomas C. O'Guinn, Chris T. Allen, Richard J. Semenik, Advertising and Integrated Brand Promotion, page 201

Forms of slice of life

pluralslices of life

Origin of slice of life

Calque of French tranche de vie.

Questions about slice of life

What does slice of life mean?
Slice of life means a work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.
What part of speech is slice of life?
Slice of life is a noun.
What is the plural of slice of life?
The plural of slice of life is slices of life.

Words near slice of life in the dictionary

  1. slice bars
  2. slice categories
  3. slice category
  4. slice knot
  5. slice knots
  6. slice of life
  7. slice of the cake
  8. slice of the pie
  9. slice shop
  10. slice shops
  11. slice the pie

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