soapie
soapie noun: a soap opera.
Noun
soapie (plural soapies)
- A soap opera.
- The conventions include […] impossibly complicated interrelationships (most characters in soapies are either related or married or have slept together, and in celebrated instances, all three).1988, Gunther Kress, Communication and Culture, New South Wales University Press, page 177
- In terms of its general mood, the average Australian soapie, in comparison with the American soap, is less intense, less subjective, and certainly a good deal less angst-ridden.1994, Gaile McGregor, EcCentric Visions: Re Constructing Australia, page 187
- Synonyms:
- soap
Synonyms of soapie
Forms of soapie
| plural | soapies |
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Origin of soapie
From soap + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Words that rhyme with soapie
Questions about soapie
- What does soapie mean?
- Soapie means a soap opera.
- What part of speech is soapie?
- Soapie is a noun.
- What is the plural of soapie?
- The plural of soapie is soapies.
Words near soapie in the dictionary
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