my stories

See also: mystories

English

Etymology

The term my stories to describe soap operas was popularized in the United States during the 1950s, when soap operas were often billed as “continuing stories”, and fell into disuse by the twenty-first century. At the term's zenith, other English-speaking countries used it as a loanword.

Noun

my stories pl (plural only)

  1. (US, colloquial) One or many soap operas a person follows regularly.

Usage notes

Now used chiefly among older people and in rural areas.

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:my stories.

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