sitcom
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Etymology 1
Shortening of situation comedy.
Alternative forms
- sit-com, sit com
Hypernyms
Translations
situation comedy — see also situation comedy
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Noun
sitcom (plural sitcoms)
- Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
- 1992, Earl G. Hunt, Jr., Recovering the Sacred: Papers From the Sanctuary and the Academy, Jonathan Creek Press, →ISBN, page 254:
- "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)."
- 1993, Daniel Moreau, Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully with the Changes in Your Life, Kiplinger Books, →ISBN, page 7:
- "There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)."
- 2003, Judith Sealander, The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America's Young in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- "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)."
Alternative forms
- SITCOM
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsitkom/, [ˈs̠it̪ko̞m]
Declension
| Inflection of sitcom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | sitcom | sitcomit | ||
| genitive | sitcomin | sitcomien | ||
| partitive | sitcomia | sitcomeja | ||
| illative | sitcomiin | sitcomeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | sitcom | sitcomit | ||
| accusative | nom. | sitcom | sitcomit | |
| gen. | sitcomin | |||
| genitive | sitcomin | sitcomien | ||
| partitive | sitcomia | sitcomeja | ||
| inessive | sitcomissa | sitcomeissa | ||
| elative | sitcomista | sitcomeista | ||
| illative | sitcomiin | sitcomeihin | ||
| adessive | sitcomilla | sitcomeilla | ||
| ablative | sitcomilta | sitcomeilta | ||
| allative | sitcomille | sitcomeille | ||
| essive | sitcomina | sitcomeina | ||
| translative | sitcomiksi | sitcomeiksi | ||
| abessive | sitcomitta | sitcomeitta | ||
| instructive | — | sitcomein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “sitcom”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sit.kɔm/
Audio (file)
Italian
Portuguese
Noun
sitcom (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural sitcoms)
- sitcom; situation comedy
- Synonym: comédia de situação
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sidˈkom/ [sið̞ˈkõm]
- Rhymes: -om
- Syllabification: sit‧com
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