Tuesday, September 12, 2023

sardoodledom

 

Noun

sardoodledom (uncountable)

(uncommon) Well-made works of drama that have trivial, insignificant or melodramatic plots. 

Etymology

Named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou + doodle +‎ -dom, coined by Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950) George Bernard Shaw who first used it on the 1 June, 1895 in the Saturday Review when criticising Sardou's well-made plays.

 

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