Sorkinism
Sorkinism noun: the characteristic style of Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, known for rapid-fire dialogue and extended monologues.
Noun
Sorkinism (countable and uncountable, plural Sorkinisms)
- The characteristic style of Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, known for rapid-fire dialogue and extended monologues.
- A comical pitch of unchilled Sorkinism is reached at one point in Twenty Minutes, when he once again resorts to “asshole,” albeit under his breath, after being bumped by two buggy-pushing, cellphone-yakking moms in SoHo.2015, Mark Kingwell, Measure Yourself Against the Earth: Essays, page 49
- He did better with The Newsroom, which, instead of being about theater, is really about news, and therefore is practically about politics, the field which best answers Sorkin's theatrical instincts. My whole family has binge-watched all three seasons at least once each, and Claerwen finds it an...2016, Clive James, Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook, page 77
Forms of Sorkinism
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Origin of Sorkinism
From Sorkin + -ism.
Questions about Sorkinism
- What does Sorkinism mean?
- Sorkinism means the characteristic style of Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, known for rapid-fire dialogue and extended monologues.
- What part of speech is Sorkinism?
- Sorkinism is a noun.
- What is the plural of Sorkinism?
- The plural of Sorkinism is Sorkinisms.
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