sitcom
English
Etymology 1
Noun
sitcom (plural sitcoms)
- clipping of situation comedy
Hypernyms
Translations
situation comedy — see also situation comedy
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Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
sitcom (plural sitcoms)
- Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
- 1992, Earl G. Hunt, Jr., Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy, Jonathan Creek Press, →ISBN, page 254:
- "Today we have Grumps (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), Dinks (those with dual-income, no kids), Sitcoms (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, Opals (older people with active lifestyles)."
- 1993, Daniel Moreau, Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life, Kiplinger Books, →ISBN, page 7:
- "There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."
- 2003, Judith Sealander, The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- "By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)."
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
sitcom
- (rare) Synonym of tilannekomedia.
Declension
Inflection of sitcom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sitcom | sitcomit | ||
genitive | sitcomin | sitcomien | ||
partitive | sitcomia | sitcomeja | ||
illative | sitcomiin | sitcomeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sitcom | sitcomit | ||
accusative | nom. | sitcom | sitcomit | |
gen. | sitcomin | |||
genitive | sitcomin | sitcomien | ||
partitive | sitcomia | sitcomeja | ||
inessive | sitcomissa | sitcomeissa | ||
elative | sitcomista | sitcomeista | ||
illative | sitcomiin | sitcomeihin | ||
adessive | sitcomilla | sitcomeilla | ||
ablative | sitcomilta | sitcomeilta | ||
allative | sitcomille | sitcomeille | ||
essive | sitcomina | sitcomeina | ||
translative | sitcomiksi | sitcomeiksi | ||
abessive | sitcomitta | sitcomeitta | ||
instructive | — | sitcomein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sitcom m (plural sitcoms)
Italian
Etymology
Noun
sitcom f (uncountable)
- sitcom (situation-comedy)
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
sitcom m (plural s)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
sitcom m (plural sitcoms)
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English clippings
- English acronyms
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- en:Comedy
- en:Television
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