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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

slackcom en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of slacker + sitcom.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.
    • "Slackcom," confesses Cheryl Taylor, commissioner for entertainment at Channel 4, "is a term we started bandying around because of the nature of a lot of the sitcoms we started receiving; proposals revolving around twenty- or thirtysomething non-professionals." 1999 September 6, Janine Gibson, “Spaced out”, in The Guardian:

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