Term to be used as an adjective, to describe when a situation or conversation is or was so cliche, stereotypical, unbelievable or fake that it could only be found on TV, especially in a soap opera.
Walking in on her twin sister and her long lost child making passionate love in the office of her diabolical stalker psychologist, Evee had quite the Soap Opera Moment.
by Quinn Allen June 7, 2007
A unique sexual maneuver- one partner lays supine wearing 3-D glasses while another defacates down onto them from an elevated position- like a U.F.O!
"Jamahl treated Shawntelle to an Alien Soap Opera last night; with special guest Diarrhea paying a suprise visit!"
by Jamarcus Farelli November 28, 2009
The ridiculous pause for dramatic affect after some ground breaking event happens during a soap opera. Most of the time it turns out to be nothing special, just a way to cut to the next storyline. This becomes increasingly annoying when people in the real world are using it. Like when they tell a story, especially when they are a bad storyteller.
" Oh boy. Mary has trapped another victim. She's telling that stupid story where the guy runs into her and she drops her milkshake. "
" I know! I've must have heard it 10 times already this week!"
"Yeah, but the worst part is the soap opera pause she always throws in when she reaches the part about the lid falling off right before her slipping. Like we are supposed to gasp in amazement. As if anything else could have happened and we should be surprised it went down that way. ARGH!"
" I know! I've must have heard it 10 times already this week!"
"Yeah, but the worst part is the soap opera pause she always throws in when she reaches the part about the lid falling off right before her slipping. Like we are supposed to gasp in amazement. As if anything else could have happened and we should be surprised it went down that way. ARGH!"
by stinkychef July 13, 2013
The tendency to see one's life as being in a continual state of crisis, caused by watching half-hour daytime TV shows that are not morality tales as in Aesop's Fables, but rather a never-ending series of unresolved crises.
"Alice's Soap Opera Syndrome caused her to have a tendency to seek conflict rather than resolution to her interpersonal problems."
by Mark_Trail December 28, 2016
Similar to selective hearing. A condition in which someone is unable to hear anything in their immediate area, yet is able to hear things far away.
(in the same room)
R: T. is a real pain in the arse.
P: I know
T: Pizza?
(somewhere outside)
T: Did you hear that bird hatching?
R: WHAT?!
P: Classic soap opera hearing.
R: T. is a real pain in the arse.
P: I know
T: Pizza?
(somewhere outside)
T: Did you hear that bird hatching?
R: WHAT?!
P: Classic soap opera hearing.
by pabslo September 11, 2007
A Cincinnati switcheroo accident whereby the roommate's sperm and the present penis's sperm (ie. the thruster) impregnates the woman resulting in fraternal twins.
She said they were mine but I knew they were my roommate's. Turns out we were both right... I pulled a Spanish Soap opera.
by Fromohio October 25, 2010
The tendency to be mesmerized by television. Trance like state brought on by televised commercial advertisements interspersed with fragments of dramatic teleplays. Also, as a component of post-industrial consciousness. e.g. "Television rules the nation."
The term references the advent of drama created to sell soap, soap operas. Broadcast on radio with soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as sponsors and producers.
The term references the advent of drama created to sell soap, soap operas. Broadcast on radio with soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as sponsors and producers.
Alice: Everyone says I probably have Attention Deficit Disorder. It's possible considering I am easily distracted. Theres got to be some excuse. What do you think? Bob?
Bob: Huh? Sorry Alice I was zoned on this laundry detergent advert. Tide really does get my whites whiter and only 'mildly' pollutes our drinking water.
Alice: I'm thirsty.
Alien: Soap Opera Syndrome
Advertisements take airtime away from programs. In the 1960s a typical hour-long American show would run for 51 minutes excluding advertisements. Today, a similar program would only be 42 minutes long; a typical 30-minute block of time now includes 22 minutes of programming with 6 minutes of national advertising and 2 minutes of local.
Bob: Huh? Sorry Alice I was zoned on this laundry detergent advert. Tide really does get my whites whiter and only 'mildly' pollutes our drinking water.
Alice: I'm thirsty.
Alien: Soap Opera Syndrome
Advertisements take airtime away from programs. In the 1960s a typical hour-long American show would run for 51 minutes excluding advertisements. Today, a similar program would only be 42 minutes long; a typical 30-minute block of time now includes 22 minutes of programming with 6 minutes of national advertising and 2 minutes of local.
by Oracle Arion October 2, 2009