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supersoap

supersoap noun: a significant or popular soap opera.

Noun

supersoap (plural supersoaps)

  1. A significant or popular soap opera.
    • By the time the third series of The Professionals hit the screen in November 1979, the show was pulling in a staggering 18 million viewers and was even beating supersoap Dallas in the ratings.2006, Stafford Hildred, Martin Shaw: The Biography
    • The success of the Royal Wedding as propaganda was not solely rooted in a respect for monarchical authority; rather, the eighties was characterized by a growing tendency to see Royal affairs as an engrossing “supersoap” (Olechnowicz 279).2012, Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan MooreTodd A. Comer

Forms of supersoap

pluralsupersoaps

Origin of supersoap

From super- + soap.

Questions about supersoap

What does supersoap mean?
Supersoap means a significant or popular soap opera.
What part of speech is supersoap?
Supersoap is a noun.
What is the plural of supersoap?
The plural of supersoap is supersoaps.

Words near supersoap in the dictionary

  1. supersmoothness
  2. supersnoop
  3. supersnoops
  4. supersoaker
  5. supersoakers
  6. supersoap
  7. supersoaps
  8. supersociable
  9. supersocial
  10. supersocieties
  11. supersociety

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