sitcom

English

Etymology 1

From situation + comedy; situation comedy.

Noun

sitcom (plural sitcoms)

  1. clipping of situation comedy
Hypernyms
Translations
situation comedy — See also translations at situation comedy

Etymology 2

Alternative forms
  • SITCOM

Noun

sitcom (plural sitcoms)

  1. 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)."

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

sitcom

  1. (rare) Synonym of tilannekomedia.

Declension
Inflection of sitcom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive — sitcomein
abessive sitcomitta sitcomeitta
comitative — sitcomeineen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sitcom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sit.kɔm/

Noun

sitcom m (plural sitcoms)

  1. sitcom

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sitcom.

Noun

sitcom f (invariable)

  1. sitcom (situation-comedy)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sitcom.

Noun

sitcom m (plural sitcoms)

  1. sitcom; situation comedy

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sitcom.

Noun

sitcom m (plural sitcoms)

  1. sitcom
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