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sitcom en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɪtˌkɑm/ (General-American)

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of situation comedy. Such formation from initial syllables is also alternatively classified as clipping of the compound type (producing a clipped compound), and it is sometimes categorized as blending (but blending stricto sensu involves initial and terminal parts of words that may be delimited by reanalysis).

Meanings

1. Syllabic abbreviation of situation comedy.

Forms

Coordinates

romcom · sadcom

Deriveds

Britcom · sitcomic · kidcom · bitcom · sitdram · zitcom · sitcomedian · three-camera sitcom · shitcom · sitcomlike · anicom · sitcommy · sitcomish · sitcommish · slackcom

Hypernyms

comedy

Translations (20)

de Sitcom (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · cmn 情景喜劇 /情景喜剧 (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ms sitkom (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ru ситко́м (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · cmn 處境喜劇 /处境喜剧 (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · sv sitcom (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · fr sitcom (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · tr durum komedisi (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ru комеди́йное шо́у (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ka სიტკომი (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ro sitcom (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · sv situationskomedi (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ka სიტუაციური კომედია (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · fr comédie de situation (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · fi tilannekomedia (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · hu szitkom (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ru ситуацио́нная коме́дия (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ar كُومِيدِيَا اَلْمَوْقِف (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ko 시트콤 (situation comedy — see also situation comedy) · ja シットコム (situation comedy — see also situation comedy)

wikipedia: clipped compound

sitcom en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɪtˌkɑm/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
   alt of oppressive/outrageous mortgage
   alt of single income
   alt of two children
   • "Today we have Grumps (grim, ruthless, upwardly mobile professionals), Dinks (those with dual-income, no kids), Sitcoms (those with single-income, two children, outrageous mortgages); and, just to recognize the graying populace in this country, Opals (older people with active lifestyles)." 1992, Earl G. Hunt, Jr., Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy, Jonathan Creek Press, →ISBN, page 254:
   • "There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)." 1993, Daniel Moreau, Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life, Kiplinger Books, →ISBN, page 7:
   • "By the end of the 1990s, in some circles, parents had become SITCOMS (single income, two children, oppressive mortgage) and those without children were THINKERS (two healthy incomes, no kids, early retirement)." 2003, Judith Sealander, The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12:

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