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Definition of Sitcom

1. Noun. A humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life.

2. Noun. A humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life.

Definition of Sitcom

1. Noun. A situation comedy: an episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation. ¹

2. Noun. An episode of such a program. ¹

3. Acronym. Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive ''or'' Outrageous Mortgage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sitcom

1. a television comedy series with continuing characters [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitcom

sit still sit through sit tight sit up sit ups sitagliptin sitar sitar player sitarist sitarists

sitarlike sitars sitatunga sitatungas sitch sitcom (current term) sitcomedian sitcomedians sitcomlike sitcoms

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Literary usage of Sitcom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality and edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"I was executive head writer of the now canceled sitcom, "A Different World ... To give you an example, I had two friends who were up for a job on a sitcom. ..."

2. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"Cocoa Beach The town of Cocoa Beach, familiar to anyone who ever watched the 1960s Space Age sitcom / Dream ..."

3. Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 by Janet Allen (1999)
"By comparing and contrasting the language used by two different sitcom characters or discussing an article about the derivation of the word impeachment ..."

4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"He flipped through both snowy TV channels and decided that he couldn't stomach a televangelist or a thirty-year-old sitcom right then and flicked it off, ..."

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