dramality
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of drama and reality. Coined by Survivor creator Mark Burnett in 2000.[1]
Noun[edit]
dramality (plural dramalities)
- (uncountable) A genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.
- 2008, Kate Harmon, The Formal, Speak (2008), ISBN 9781101002629, page 53:
- Minnie had come up with the brilliant idea of spoofing a dramality show of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan doing "hard time" in a primadonna version of prison, complete with diamond-studded ankle cuffs.
- 2008, Kate Harmon, The Formal, Speak (2008), ISBN 9781101002629, page 53:
- (countable) A television program of this genre.
- 2004, Anne Becker, "Scenes From a Marriage", Broadcasting & Cable, 17 November 2004:
- Yet neither thinks dramalities signal an end to either scripted or traditional reality TV.
- 2004, Anne Becker, "Scenes From a Marriage", Broadcasting & Cable, 17 November 2004:
References[edit]
- ^ Kerry Maxwell, "New word of the month", MED Magazine, April 2004
