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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.
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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.
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The time of day when you watch soap operas and smoke weed.
Children napping: Check
Hubby at work: Check
Time for soap-n-dope
Hubby drinks beer and watches sports, I smoke weed and watch soaps.
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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.
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.
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A really dramatic moment in which it seems like your in a soap opera and cheesy music should be playing
1: OMG!!!! He held my hand!
2: That is such a soap opera moment
1: I know!!
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Fuck up big time. If one drops the soap in a prison shower, they'll get ass raped.
George: Shit I broke the tv
Bob: Looks like you dropped the prison soap this time....Wanna go get some ice cream?
George: sure.
(a cookie to the first person who figures out that reference)
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The affliction where self-righteous members on social media decide they need to preach morals to the rest of the members.
My neighbor has a severe case of soap box syndrome. He is always telling dog owners how they should leash their dogs on his Facebook page.