slice of life en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
Calque of French tranche de vie.
Meanings
- A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.
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An ordinary social occurrence or sequence of events.
[…] in the culturally constituted world, but it needs advertising to link it to certain social representations, certain slices of life.
2003, Thomas C. O'Guinn, Chris T. Allen, Richard J. Semenik, Advertising and Integrated Brand Promotion, page 201:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slices of life | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
fr tranche de vie (genre focused on day-to-day life) · pt retrato da vida (genre focused on day-to-day life) · ja 日常系 (genre focused on day-to-day life) · ja スライス・オブ・ライフ (genre focused on day-to-day life) · cy talp o fywyd (genre focused on day-to-day life) · pl okruchy życia (genre focused on day-to-day life) · ru повседне́вка (genre focused on day-to-day life) · eo tranĉaĵo de vivo (genre focused on day-to-day life) · pt slice of life (genre focused on day-to-day life) · cy darn o fywyd (genre focused on day-to-day life) · eo sekco de vivo (genre focused on day-to-day life)