Britcom

[ brit-kom ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a comedy, especially a television series, made in the United Kingdom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Britcom¹

First recorded in 1970–75; Brit(ish) + (sit)com

Example Sentences

“The End” is nigh in this new Britcom about a dysfunctional family.

From Los Angeles Times

Cybersecurity comes with a side of shenanigans in Season 2 of the Britcom “Intelligence.”

From Los Angeles Times

Before it was a hit TV series about a libertine on the loose in London, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s off-color Britcom “Fleabag” was a one-woman show that the writer-performer debuted to acclaim at the 2013 Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times

Aisling Bea and “Catastrophe’s” Sharon Horgan play adult sisters trying to get their respective acts together in the new six-part Britcom “This Way Up.”

From Los Angeles Times

What at first appears to be another crowd-pleasing, music-driven Britcom in the vein of “Billy Elliot” is cut with a strain of kitchen sink realism — an interest in the daily lives of blue-collar workers and in the trade-offs of pursuing dreams.

From New York Times