romaction

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noun

Action romance.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounromaction (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefictionAction romance.

    Let's combine the action and the romance and make a romaction story.

    2008, 52:48 from the start, in Bedtime Stories
    3 more examples

    One wag has already named the offspring of this shotgun wedding: romaction.

    2010 July 6, “How movies became love, camera, action”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

    Like the “romaction” genre that fuses relationships and car crashes (think “Date Night” and “Knight and Day”), hard-R comedies like “The Hangover,” “Bad Teacher” and last year’s “Ted” appeal both to young women and their male companions, a “two-quadrant” win that made studio suits swoon.

    2013 June 20, Ann Hornaday, “Why the rom-com is almost extinct”, in The Washington Post

    They reject his suggestion, asking instead to hear a story of action and romance. Skeeter then tells them a "romaction story" about Ancient Greece featuring Skeetacus, the inventor of the X Games.

    2013, Amie A. Doughty, "Throw the book away": Reading versus Experience in Children's Fantasy

Origin

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APA

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