Definition of "romcom" [romcom]

• Short for romantic comedy. (noun)

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• "His black comedy and his portmanteau romcom Trivial Matters are both biting, complex, visually stunning and highly idiosyncratic works., his latest project, looks like a deceptively bouncy horror comedy."
• "The word romcom may now be in the Oxford English Dictionary but the age of romance definitely has a very bitter edge."
• "Now the problem with the movie was that it too was what they now popularly call a romcom (romantic comedy) and taking it on would further establish him in the genre he is seeking to sidestep!"