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soapie

(ˈsəʊpɪ) or

soapy

n
Austral an informal word for soap opera
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It started well, paying homage to the original in clever little ways and then the makers lost the plot and by the end of the second season, I had decided I was done with the show as it had become more an unfunny comedy than classic soapie.
The use of honorific vho together with first name in Tshivenda is very old and it is more useful and considerate to Vhavenda people, as observed from SABC 2 Muvhango soapie.
I want to build my home to an accepted level and also concentrate on my soapie I am planning to raise lots of up-and-coming actors and actresses.
The listicle also features two photographs of Billy Brownless playing female character Joybell in The Footy Show (AFL)'s parody soapie The House of Bulger.
She tells us: "My little sister has just joined Emmerdale, Denise Van Outen is in EastEnders - I feel like now I have to be a proper soapie.
Some nurses may prefer to use the acronym SOAPIE (subjective, objective, assessment, plan, implement, evaluation) to guide their charting process.
For example, there was a series of extremely crude Facebook pages (since taken down) that have taken over the persona of Alf Stewart, a character in the soapie Home and Away and used him to promote some pretty disgusting notions.
Meanwhile, political 'news' is often in effect revamped to suit an entertainment format; the long-running Gillard-Rudd feud, for example, was treated as a 'soapie'.
Tourism Minister Fran Bailey is behind a plan to create the ''soapie,'' which will feature famous Japanese actors and be filmed around Australia to showcase the country's iconic locations.
The Frost/SEL revival of "The Sound of Music" is turning a tidy profit, with the producers building on a pragmatic (if ever so slightly cynical) casting maxim: Have soapie star, will travel.
"Soapie", as he became affectionately known, attracted large congregations to his soap-box pulpit, and established a reputation for being tough on hecklers and ruthless in debate.