What does soapie mean?
Soapie means (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, informal) A soap opera..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, informal) A soap opera..
1988, Gunther Kress, Communication and Culture, New South Wales University Press, page 177, The conventions include […] impossibly complicated interrelationships (most characters in soapies are either related or married or have slept together, and in celebrated instances, all three).
In terms of its general mood, the average Australian soapie, in comparison with the American soap, is less intense, less subjective, and certainly a good deal less angst-ridden.
CHANNEL 7 has censored a lesbian kissing scene in its popular family soapie Home and Away after a viewer backlash.
Use soapie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Soapie means (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, informal) A soap opera..
Common synonyms include soap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1988, Gunther Kress, Communication and Culture, New South Wales University Press, page 177, The conventions include […] impossibly complicated interrelationships (most characters in soapies are either related or married or have slept together, and in celebrated instances, all three).
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