sitcom

Situation comedy.

Noun abbreviation, acronym

  1. Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage.
    • "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...
    • "There are MINKs (multiple income, no kids) and what may be the acronym of the '90s, SITCOMs (single income, two children, outrageous mortgage)." - 1993, Daniel Moreau, Kiplinger's Facing Forty: How to Deal Successfully...
    • "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)." -...

Forms

sitcoms SITCOM

Noun Entry 2

  1. Situation comedy.

    Coordinate Terms: romcom sadcom

Origin

Shortening of situation comedy.

Forms

sitcoms sit-com sit com

Hypernyms

comedy

Derived

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