sitcom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sitcom
First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening
Example Sentences
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People either love the sitcom’s cartoonish flourishes or despise them.
From Salon
Tracy Morgan stars in Paramount+’s multicam sitcom, a spin-off of CBS’ ‘The Neighborhood,’ and plays a widowed father whose empty nest is disrupted by his adult children’s return.
From Los Angeles Times
I’d been auditioning for so many things and not really getting much traction in the sitcom space, but I read this and I thought it was so funny.
From Los Angeles Times
The jukebox remains associated with early rock ’n’ roll, and the iconic sitcom “Happy Days” rolls its intro and credits over a jukebox while teenagers dance.
That show is growing duller, and more lethargic and repetitive, by the day, like watching reruns of a canceled sitcom.
From Salon
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