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Definition of 'soapie'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (Australia|New Zealand|South Africa|informal) A soap opera.
  • * 1988 , Gunther Kress, Communication and Culture , New South Wales University Press, page 177,
  • The conventions includeimpossibly complicated interrelationships (most characters in soapies are either related or married or have slept together, and in celebrated instances, all three).
  • * 1994 , Gaile McGregor, EcCentric Visions: Re Constructing Australia , page 187,
  • In terms of its general mood, the average Australian soapie , in comparison with the American soap, is less intense, less subjective, and certainly a good deal less angst-ridden.
  • * {{quote-news|year=2009|date=March 28|author=Amanda Meade|title=Seven censors lesbian kiss|work=Herald Sun citation
  • |passage=CHANNEL 7 has censored a lesbian kissing scene in its popular family soapie Home and Away after a viewer backlash. }}

    Synonyms

    * soap (US)

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