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soap opera

soap op·e·ra (plural soap op·e·ras)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. serial drama: a serial on television or radio that deals with the lives of a group of characters, especially in a melodramatic or sentimental way

2. something like soap opera: a series of events that resembles the events of a soap opera in melodrama or sentimentality

[Because originally often sponsored by soap manufacturers]
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