Showmance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Showmance is a noun meaning (colloquial) A romance between cast members or production crew of a play or television show (often reality shows) which only lasts the duration of the show, or its filming.
Meaning
(colloquial) A romance between cast members or production crew of a play or television show (often reality shows) which only lasts the duration of the show, or its filming.
Example Sentences
In addition to mud-slinging, deception and drama, showmance is one aspect that makes reality television so addicting.
Reality TV is a guilty pleasure for a lot of Libras, and TDI was basically reality television in animated kid form, complete with challenges and some Total Drama showmances - both good and bad.
I notoriously fell for my leading man. I really did. By the third or fourth leading man I said "No, Mom, it's real. I love him. I know it is sort of like a pattern but I love him." There is legitimacy to a showmance."
Eventually the tale of a stagehand who seemed to be separated from his housebound wife, but, oddly, not when she came to visit, seemed more amusing than appalling, and I learned not to wince at the various (sometimes painfully) young women who arrived breathless and eager for a Showmance—whether or not there was a wife in the background. [sic]
Word Forms
- showmances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meller, motion, mockumentary, masque, masquing, megamusical.
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