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    [Noun]  | "melo*dra*ma" | \ ˈme-lə-ˌdrä-mə \


    1: a work (such as a movie or play) characterized by extravagant theatricality and by the predominance of plot and physical action over characterization

    2: the genre of dramatic literature constituted by such works

    3: something resembling a melodrama especially in having a sensational or theatrical quality


    Origin: 1802 ;

     Modification of French mélodrame, from Greek melos song + French drame drama, from Late Latin drama;

     [ "melodrama" ]

    1: Exaggerated emotion and hyperbole.

      * e.g.,  ... Melodrama is my life, I would die without it! 

     [ "Melodrama" ]

    1: Lorde's 2nd album which is lit as fuck and also shook the world

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you know that Lorde's album Melodrama is lit as fuck?" 

     [ "Drowning in melodrama" ]

    1: A political party/entity or even a city so unaware of its own political failures/disasters that said party/entity or city actually becomes a literal circus drama

      * e.g.,  ... Right now the democratic party, both as a party and as an entity, as well as the city of Washington DC are drowning in melodrama. To win the next election the dems need to focus on 4 substantive topics: crime, covid, inflation, the border and education. 

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