docusoap

[ dok-yuh-sohp ]

/ ˈdɒk yəˌsoʊp /

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noun

a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.

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Origin of docusoap

First recorded in 1990–95; docu(mentary) + soap (opera)

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How to use docusoap in a sentence

It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is impossible to talk about Dr. Strange without mentioning soap, apple juice, and suicide.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And just this week, reports surfaced that the regime recently executed 10 party officials for watching South Korean soap operas.
How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State|Lizzie Crocker|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Like the soap operas of yore, Marvel has replaced major and minor characters in their films as necessary.
The Coming Civil War: Iron Man Vs. Captain America 3|Rich Goldstein|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why use dangerous cosmetics when Jones' soap retains youth and health for the complexion, and fosters the development of beauty?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Or turn from the gray officials to the purple citizens of the soap bubble commonwealth of socialism.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
She peered around the room for the last time, and then dropped two small clean towels and a cake of soap into the bag.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
I ordered lukewarm baths, frequent fomentations, and the use of oil and soap, applied externally and rubbed into the body.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer

British Dictionary definitions for docusoap

docu-soap

/ (ˈdɒkjʊˌsəʊp) /

noun

a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama

Word Origin for docu-soap

C20: from docu (mentary) + soap (opera)

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