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Sardoodledom|sɑːˈduːd(ə)ldəm|
[f. blend of the name of Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), French dramatist + doodle n. + -dom.]
A fanciful word used to describe well-wrought, but trivial or morally objectionable, plays considered collectively; the characteristic milieu in which such work is admired.
1895G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 1 June 725/2 (heading) Sardoodledom. 1897― in Ibid. 17 Apr. 410/2 It is rather a nice point whether Miss Ellen Terry should be forgiven for sailing the Lyceum ship into the shallows of Sardoodledom for the sake of Madame Sans-Gêne. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 2/1 The ‘cup-and-saucer’ comedy of Robertson and what Mr. Shaw christened ‘Sardoodledom’..opened a new phase of theatrical history. 1959Listener 30 July 186/3 Sardoodledom is not forgotten. 1960Times 15 Jan. 16/1 We do not want to try to rebut Shaw's criticism of ‘Sardoodledom’. |