■ noun a television or radio drama serial dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.
Origin
1930s: so named because such serials were orig. sponsored in the US by soap manufacturers.
■ noun a television or radio drama serial dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.
Origin
1930s: so named because such serials were orig. sponsored in the US by soap manufacturers.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004