Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soapie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: soapie
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From soap + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: soap

Usage

Inflected Forms

soapies (plural)

Synonyms

soap

Rhymes With

opie soapy hopi dopey gopi mopey topi sinope ropy slopy gropy

Questions

What does soapie mean?: A soap opera.
Where does soapie come from?: From soap + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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