Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes.
Wiktionary
- n. A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
Etymologies
- Blend of biographical and picture (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception.”
“A new trailer for the George W. Bush "biopic" is out.”
“A musical biopic is always good Oscar bait for an acting nomination (recent examples include Jamie Foxx in Ray or a pre-crazy Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line).”
“Everybody ready for the Malkin biopic? nota bene Says:”
“THR reports that Moverman will take on the Cobain biopic that has been brewing at Universal.”
The Messenger Director Oren Moverman to Rewrite and Helm Kurt Cobain Biopic | /Film
“From everything i've heard, i'd love him to do the Gershwin biopic next. then Indy of course. blog comments powered by Disqus”
Steven Spielberg Shopping Jackie O Biopic; Would Produce, not Direct | /Film
“So the Hoover biopic is now looking for a new studio.”
Clint Eastwood Directing J. Edgar Hoover Biopic Written by Dustin Lance Black | /Film
“Just as Steven Soderbergh's "Che" biopic is set to his theaters, the director is already hard at work on a movie telling the story of a very, very different icon of the 20th century.”
Soderbergh: ‘Liberace’ Biopic Will Showcase Icon’s Virtuoso Skills » MTV Movies Blog
“Yet another Steve McQueen biopic is headed to the big screen.”
“In introducing it, Andrew Marr, the presenter, used the word biopic, and pronounced it to rhyme with “myopic”.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘biopic’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
babeldom, baccate, bacchanal, bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous, bacillicide, backstay, bactericide, baculiform, baculine, baculum and 582 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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portmanteaus
slithy, chortle, mimsy, galumph, maffluent, smog, motel, momentaneous, splisters, swifting, editated, splatter and 73 more...
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Like
All adjectives that praise.. complement
sift, dog ear, uber, alpha male, audacious, musing, marvel, biopic, onset
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personal distaste
good grief, I'm getting irritable.
salvo, taboo, redoubtable, foment, intransigence, disingenuous, infarction, obviate, junta, aetiology, expedited, gerrymandering and 201 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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Let's Go To the Movies
Film genres. Also see film--1 by bradleyrturner.
silent, talkie, drama, coming-of-age, comedy, black comedy, buddy movie, slapstick, romance, romcom, tearjerker, period piece and 44 more...
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So you want to write for Entertainme...
Or "The Enquirer". Or the E! channel. Or Entertainment Tonight. You opportunistic scab! Do you command the requisite vocabulary?
the red carpet, oprah, eatery, helm, greenlight, biopic, box office, swank hollywood e..., galpal, guypal, boytoy, celeb and 40 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for biopic.
whichbe A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). (Wiktionary) Jun 6, 2008