sitcom

[sit-kom]

noun

Informal.

1. situation comedy.

sitcom

/ ˈsɪtˌkɒm /

noun

1. an informal term for situation comedy

Word History and Origins

Origin of sitcom¹

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

Example Sentences

Mr. Fox, then appearing in NBC’s hit sitcom “Family Ties,” was merely a television performer, and at the time the barrier between movies and TV was seldom breached.

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She exhibits a collection of quirks familiar to anyone vaguely acquainted with the sitcom genre.

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Was “Boots” going to be “Private Benjamin,” some graceless sitcom about a misfit soldier?

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But, his grin fading, going through boot camp in New Orleans in the “dead brutal summer,” he says, was anything but a sitcom.

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The comic has previously acted in TV sitcoms such as Avoidance and Romantic Getaway, but this will mark his first time acting on stage.

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Related Words

• farce 
• fun 
• humor 
• satire