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sit⋅com
[sit-kom] 
Origin:
1960–65; by shortening
1960–65; by shortening
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| sit·com (sĭt'kŏm') n. Informal A situation comedy. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sitcom
1964, from sit(uation) com(edy), a phrase first attested 1953 (in a "TV Guide" article, with ref. to "I Love Lucy").
"Even Bing Crosby has succumbed to series TV and will appear in a sitcom as an electrical engineer who happens to break into song once a week." ["Life," Sept. 18, 1964]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| sitcom situation comedy |
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