Definitions

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  • noun Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, informal A soap opera.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • As to Ford herself, well she's got a gig on a soapie, which is conservative in nature

    AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

  • The '' serial drama '' (the show's producers prefer not to use the term '' soapie '' because of its negative connotations) is the seventh-longest-running such show in the world still on the air, and the longest in Australia.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • I can tell you everything that is going on in Generations the favorite South African soapie.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Megan 2008

  • The actress, Winnie Ntshaba, who plays Khethiwe in the soapie

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • I can tell you everything that is going on in Generations the favorite South African soapie.

    On the Road Again Megan 2008

  • This book reads like a teen soap, which is fair enough since the author works for a popular Australian teen soapie, so it will probably do well.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is outraged by spurious utterances attributed to the actress of SABC's Generations soapie.

    ANC-KZN OUTRAGED BY THE SOAPIE ACTRESS' UTTERANCES 2008

  • The African National Congress has lashed out at a popular soapie actress for claiming the ANC murders its opponents, and is planning legal action against her.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Since Ntshaba is a prominent actress in the national SABC television soapie, Generations, the ANC wants to know the view of the public broadcaster and the producer of the soapie on this damaging statement by their staff member.

    ANC-KZN OUTRAGED BY THE SOAPIE ACTRESS' UTTERANCES 2008

  • He also criticised journalists for their reporting on the soapie star's comments at an IFP rally last week.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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