soap operan.

Etymology: < soap n.¹ + opera n.¹So called because some of the early sponsors of the programmes were soap manufacturers. For the use of opera , compare horse opera n. at horse n. Compounds 2a.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

a. A radio or television serial dealing esp. with domestic situations and frequently characterized by melodrama and sentimentality; this type of serial considered as a genre.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of

news bulletin1857

news summary1875

police message1886

newsflash1904

headline1908

play-by-play1909

feature1913

spot ad1916

magazine1921

news1923

time signal1923

outside broadcast1924

radiocast1924

amateur hour1925

bulletin1925

serial1926

commentary1927

rebroadcast1927

school broadcast1927

feature programme1928

trailer1928

hour1930

schools broadcast1930

show1930

spot advertisement1930

spot announcement1930

sustaining1931

flash1934

newscast1934

commercial1935

clambake1937

remote1937

repeat1937

snap1937

soap opera1939

sportcast1939

spot commercial1939

daytimer1940

magazine programme1941

season1942

soap1943

soaper1946

parade1947

public service announcement1948

simulcasting1949

breakfast-time television1952

call-in1952

talkathon1952

game show1953

kidvid1955

roundup1958

telenovela1961

opt-out1962

miniseries1963

simulcast1964

soapie1964

party political1966

novela1968

phone-in1968

sudser1968

schools programme1971

talk-in1971

God slot1972

roadshow1973

trail1973

drama-doc1977

informercial1980

infotainment1980

infomercial1981

kideo1983

talk-back1984

indie1988

omnibus1988

teleserye2000

kidult-

1938 Christian Cent. 24 Aug. 1011/1 These fifteen-minute tragedies..I call the ‘soap tragedies’..because it is by the grace of soap I am allowed to shed tears for these characters who suffer so much from life.]

1939 Newsweek 13 Nov. 44/2 Transcontinental Network bubbled up out of the ‘soap operas’.

1948 Time 11 Oct. 40/3 The Beast in Me also includes such matter as Humorist Thurber's grimly unhumorous ‘Soapland’ (studies in contemporary soap opera).

1953 M. Dickens No More Meadows iv. 180 More and more soap operas had hit the air to sell detergents and deodorants and headache pills.

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xvi. 321 Hoping that the visceral reality of Garp's language..somehow rescued the book from sheer soap opera.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1210/5 Some advertising campaigns [on ITV] have become mini soap-operas.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition > melodramatic behaviour or occurrences

tragedizing1752

melodrama1814

melodrame1814

soap opera1944

1944 R. Chandler Lady in Lake v. 36 I haven't heard a word from Muriel in the whole month... I don't have any idea at all where's she's at. With some other guy maybe. I hope he treats her better than I did... Thanks for listening to the soap opera.

1958 Spectator 19 Sept. 369/2 Eugene O'Neill's wordy autobiographical play is an endlessly tragic soap-opera, a sort of Mrs. Dale's Diarrhœa.

1962 Listener 19 July 112/2 It seems a pity that this new era in telecommunications should be accompanied by an international huff-and-puff over priorities which at its worst comes perilously near to sub-lunar soap-opera.

1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF ii. 25 The act of robbery..near 39th Street... This was daily soap-opera of the streets.

2. attributive.

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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item

play-by-play1908

re-run1909

ball-by-ball1914

simultaneous1923

scriptless1930

scripted1941

soap opera1942

write-in1953

soap-operatic1963

open line1966

chat show1969

talk-back1972

made-for-TV1973

soap-operatical1975

drama-doc1977

omnibus1987

1942 W. Stegner Mormon Country 347 They deal with impressionable virgins caught in the net of polygamy and agonizing worse than any soap-opera heroine through endless difficulties.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 157/1 Soap-opera serials are short on action, long on situations.

1958 Punch 9 July 59/2 The revival of ‘The Royalty’ (BBC) is the latest development in the soap~opera world, on a Channel that has no soap to sell.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters ix. 349 Most of the soap-opera intrigue of innuendo and in-fighting was not terribly subtle.

Derivatives

soap-opeˈratic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item

play-by-play1908

re-run1909

ball-by-ball1914

simultaneous1923

scriptless1930

scripted1941

soap opera1942

write-in1953

soap-operatic1963

open line1966

chat show1969

talk-back1972

made-for-TV1973

soap-operatical1975

drama-doc1977

omnibus1987

1963 New Yorker 1 June 66 ‘The L-Shaped Room’... A sentimental piece of work, but so justly and successfully sentimental that it nearly always avoids seeming soap-operatic.

1979 Boston Globe 18 May 39 From her soap-operatic point of view, Watergate was not a national tragedy but rather was the personal pathos of a woman with nothing to give a husband in need.

soap-opeˈratical adj. of or characteristic of a soap opera.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item

play-by-play1908

re-run1909

ball-by-ball1914

simultaneous1923

scriptless1930

scripted1941

soap opera1942

write-in1953

soap-operatic1963

open line1966

chat show1969

talk-back1972

made-for-TV1973

soap-operatical1975

drama-doc1977

omnibus1987

1975 Country Life 20 Mar. 742/3 A few weeks ago the BBC concluded a soap-operatical version of the loves of Georges Sand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	soap opera
释义	soap operan. Etymology: < soap n.¹ + opera n.¹So called because some of the early sponsors of the programmes were soap manufacturers. For the use of opera , compare horse opera n. at horse n. Compounds 2a. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. a. A radio or television serial dealing esp. with domestic situations and frequently characterized by melodrama and sentimentality; this type of serial considered as a genre. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- 1938 Christian Cent. 24 Aug. 1011/1 These fifteen-minute tragedies..I call the ‘soap tragedies’..because it is by the grace of soap I am allowed to shed tears for these characters who suffer so much from life.] 1939 Newsweek 13 Nov. 44/2 Transcontinental Network bubbled up out of the ‘soap operas’. 1948 Time 11 Oct. 40/3 The Beast in Me also includes such matter as Humorist Thurber's grimly unhumorous ‘Soapland’ (studies in contemporary soap opera). 1953 M. Dickens No More Meadows iv. 180 More and more soap operas had hit the air to sell detergents and deodorants and headache pills. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xvi. 321 Hoping that the visceral reality of Garp's language..somehow rescued the book from sheer soap opera. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1210/5 Some advertising campaigns [on ITV] have become mini soap-operas. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition > melodramatic behaviour or occurrences tragedizing1752 melodrama1814 melodrame1814 soap opera1944 1944 R. Chandler Lady in Lake v. 36 I haven't heard a word from Muriel in the whole month... I don't have any idea at all where's she's at. With some other guy maybe. I hope he treats her better than I did... Thanks for listening to the soap opera. 1958 Spectator 19 Sept. 369/2 Eugene O'Neill's wordy autobiographical play is an endlessly tragic soap-opera, a sort of Mrs. Dale's Diarrhœa. 1962 Listener 19 July 112/2 It seems a pity that this new era in telecommunications should be accompanied by an international huff-and-puff over priorities which at its worst comes perilously near to sub-lunar soap-opera. 1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF ii. 25 The act of robbery..near 39th Street... This was daily soap-opera of the streets. 2. attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item play-by-play1908 re-run1909 ball-by-ball1914 simultaneous1923 scriptless1930 scripted1941 soap opera1942 write-in1953 soap-operatic1963 open line1966 chat show1969 talk-back1972 made-for-TV1973 soap-operatical1975 drama-doc1977 omnibus1987 1942 W. Stegner Mormon Country 347 They deal with impressionable virgins caught in the net of polygamy and agonizing worse than any soap-opera heroine through endless difficulties. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 157/1 Soap-opera serials are short on action, long on situations. 1958 Punch 9 July 59/2 The revival of ‘The Royalty’ (BBC) is the latest development in the soap~opera world, on a Channel that has no soap to sell. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters ix. 349 Most of the soap-opera intrigue of innuendo and in-fighting was not terribly subtle. Derivatives soap-opeˈratic adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item play-by-play1908 re-run1909 ball-by-ball1914 simultaneous1923 scriptless1930 scripted1941 soap opera1942 write-in1953 soap-operatic1963 open line1966 chat show1969 talk-back1972 made-for-TV1973 soap-operatical1975 drama-doc1977 omnibus1987 1963 New Yorker 1 June 66 ‘The L-Shaped Room’... A sentimental piece of work, but so justly and successfully sentimental that it nearly always avoids seeming soap-operatic. 1979 Boston Globe 18 May 39 From her soap-operatic point of view, Watergate was not a national tragedy but rather was the personal pathos of a woman with nothing to give a husband in need. soap-opeˈratical adj. of or characteristic of a soap opera. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item play-by-play1908 re-run1909 ball-by-ball1914 simultaneous1923 scriptless1930 scripted1941 soap opera1942 write-in1953 soap-operatic1963 open line1966 chat show1969 talk-back1972 made-for-TV1973 soap-operatical1975 drama-doc1977 omnibus1987 1975 Country Life 20 Mar. 742/3 A few weeks ago the BBC concluded a soap-operatical version of the loves of Georges Sand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1939
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