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warmedy

warmedy noun: a warm-hearted comedy targeted at a family audience.

Noun

warmedy (plural warmedies)

  1. A warm-hearted comedy targeted at a family audience.
    • It preserves the blue-collar setting of The Flintstones, and the family constellations are similar, but the "warmedy" Flintstone world is turned on its ear.2004, John Alberti, Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture, →ISBN, page 144
    • Another popular “warmedy” (warm family comedy) of the late 1980s was Family Ties, which starred Michael J. Fox as the eldest sibling in a close-knit family.2005, James T. Patterson, Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore, →ISBN, page 220

Forms of warmedy

pluralwarmedies

Origin of warmedy

Blend of warm + comedy.

Questions about warmedy

What does warmedy mean?
Warmedy means a warm-hearted comedy targeted at a family audience.
What part of speech is warmedy?
Warmedy is a noun.
What is the plural of warmedy?
The plural of warmedy is warmedies.

Words near warmedy in the dictionary

  1. warmed the cockles of someone's heart
  2. warmed up
  3. warmed-over
  4. warmed-up
  5. warmedies
  6. warmedy
  7. warmen
  8. Warmenhuizen
  9. warmer
  10. warmer-blooded
  11. warmer-upper

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