Definition of soap opera
1 a
:a serial drama performed originally on a daytime radio or television program and chiefly characterized by tangled interpersonal situations and melodramatic or sentimental treatment
b
:a series of real-life events resembling a soap opera
2
:the melodrama and sentimentality characteristic of a soap opera
- even cops need a little soap opera in their lives
- —Joseph Wambaugh
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