SOAP OPERA
NOUNS
1930 — SOAPER a soap opera; a radio or TV drama series which tells the interminable tale of supposedly ‘ordinary life’ → orig. US sl.
1943 — SOAP a soap opera → Amer. sl.
1969 — SUDSER a soap opera, or soap-opera-like show → Amer. sl.
1980 — SOAPIE — SOAPY a TV soap opera → Aust. & NZ colloq.
NOUNS, PERSON
..20C — SOAPER a person who makes or acts in a soap opera; a person who watches a soap opera US sl.
1930 — SOAP-FREAK a fan or devotee of daily television or radio drama series → US sl.
1962 — YUCK a soap-opera addict → Amer. broadcasting sl. (Bk.)
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