showmance
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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]"
- "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."