slackcom

English

Etymology

Blend of slacker +‎ sitcom.

Noun

slackcom (plural slackcoms)

  1. (UK) A sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.
    • 1999 September 6, Janine Gibson, “Spaced out”, in The Guardian:
      "Slackcom," confesses Cheryl Taylor, commissioner for entertainment at Channel 4, "is a term we started bandying around because of the nature of a lot of the sitcoms we started receiving; proposals revolving around twenty- or thirtysomething non-professionals."

Quotations

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