romcom

American

[rom-kom] / ˈrɒmˌkɒm /

Or rom-com

noun

Informal.

a romantic comedy.

romcom British

/ ˈrɒmˌkɒm /

noun

informal a film or television comedy based around the romantic relationships of the characters

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Etymology

Origin of romcom

By shortening

Example Sentences

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More recently, romance rumours swirled around Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as they promoted their 2023 romcom Anyone But You.

From BBC

Page also revealed that her children know she is in the 2003 hit romcom Love Actually, and confessed to having only watched it once prior to seeing it again at Christmas in 2024.

From BBC

His directorial method was to make the words work rather than to dazzle the audience with images; putting story first meant he was comfortable in any genre, from fantasy to romcom to horror to courtroom drama.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Shakespeare in Love” kidnapped its subject to force him into a flimsy and meretricious romcom; “Hamnet” reduces the concept of tragedy to actors being extremely sad.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though the film spices up matters by throwing in a somewhat forced subplot about an alleged kidnapping, it avoids romcom groaners by not having Phillip simply fall in love with one of the women he meets on the job.

From The Wall Street Journal

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