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docusoap noun

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Definition

an entertaining programme about the lives of real people, especially people who live in the same place or do the same job
Have you seen the new docusoap about driving instructors?

(Definition of docusoap noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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