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- noun Well-made works of
drama that have trivial, insignificant, or morally objectionableplots .
Etymologies
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From the name of the dramatist Sardou + doodle + -dom.
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reesetee commented on the word sardoodledom
Plays having contrived melodramatic plot, concentrating excessively on technique to the exclusion of characterization. After Victorien Sardou, 18th-century French playwright; coined by George Bernard Shaw.
February 25, 2007
wordlover42 commented on the word sardoodledom
melodrama
June 20, 2009
wordlover42 commented on the word sardoodledom
There's a hilarious video of one of the 2007 spellers getting this word on youtube.Just search sardoodledom.
June 20, 2009