sitcomsyndrome

The point at which any individual has watched too much Television/Sitcoms that he or she can link anything from reality to a tv show.

Mr. Hubberbottom: I can not believe she left my son at the altar like this!

Random Kid: This is just like that episode of The Simpsons where lisa gets her fortune told, and she ... *trails off*

Mr. Hubberbottom: Wha.?

Ms. Hubberbottom: She has a case of sitcomsyndrome

by Homeroneski August 3, 2010

sitcom syndrome

When a person interacts with people as if they are being watched by a live audience.

Why is Jerry always making stupid quips about everything?

He has sitcom syndrome. He's responding to an imaginary audience, not to the people actually present.

by BrilliantMuskOx February 7, 2021