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sit⋅com

  [sit-kom]
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–noun Informal.
situation comedy.
Origin:
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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
sitcom [ˈsɪtkɑm]

  1. n.
    a situation comedy as found on television. (See also kid-vid.) : These sitcoms are made for juvenile minds.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
sitcom
situation comedy
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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