soapie

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A soap opera.
 * 2) * 1988, Gunther Kress, Communication and Culture, New South Wales University Press, |%22soapies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=s2-VNc8avx&sig=RdEnPbShgsiMf-kkbI0vXPBi2CE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v0hXUI_RKe-wiQeZqIDIBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22soapie%22|%22soapies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 177,
 * The conventions includeimpossibly complicated interrelationships (most characters in soapies are either related or married or have slept together, and in celebrated instances, all three).