transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
Etymology: from its sponsorship by soap manufacturers
Date: 1939
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
also : something (as a novel) having such qualities
• soap-op·er·at·ic ˈsōp-ˌä-pə-ˈra-tik adjective