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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. film Short for romantic comedy.
Examples
“His black comedy and his portmanteau romcom Trivial Matters are both biting, complex, visually stunning and highly idiosyncratic works., his latest project, looks like a deceptively bouncy horror comedy.”
“Now the problem with the movie was that it too was what they now popularly call a romcom (romantic comedy) and taking it on would further establish him in the genre he is seeking to sidestep!”
“EDIT: Haha ... perhaps I shouldn't be so hasty to watch a "romcom".”
“But it's not the kind of romcom that we've all come to love or despise.”
“The unusual characters 'simplicity makes their interactions fresh and endearing, not at all stale and clichéd like the "romcom" moniker might imply.”
“romcom" in which everybody has happy endings just compounding the issue?”
“Gwen Ifill and the debate sponsors, but to its two primary authors Tom Stempel takes an unusual opening tactic in opening his current "Understanding Screenwriting" column at the Good Dick a strange kind of romcom with characters whose neuroses and imperfections are drawn from the gritty side of reality. ”
“The trailer for the new Muppets movie is disguised as Green With Envy, a sickly romcom starring Amy Adams and Jason Segal.”
The Guardian: The Populist: The column that thought Grimsvotn was in Mordor
“Articles described the movie as a romcom about a couple whose night out goes laughably awry, so I immediately pictured something like a mix of Baby Mama and Dan in Real Life, with maybe a dash of Adventures in Babysitting from the parents POV.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘romcom’.
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Film genres. Also see film--1 by bradleyrturner.
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Tweets
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ramsler Romcom is a contraction of "romantic comedy". I just saw it in a movie review in the Washington Post. Jun 6, 2009
chained_bear I did too, kewpid, but for some reason I really really hate this term.
Also, I take issue with M. LeBlanc down there. "RomCom" is not newly minted. I heard it probably ten years ago, at least. Jul 24, 2008
kewpid I liked My Best Friend's Wedding. Jul 24, 2008
johnmperry = romantic comedy Jul 24, 2008
john "Most movies who have extended conversations between women tend to be under the umbrella of 'chick flicks,' or the newly-minted term, 'RomComs.'"
Bitch Ph.D., The Bechdel Rule and The Dark Knight, by M. LeBlanc, July 20, 2008 Jul 24, 2008