operatic

[Benjamin Torbert]

As an opera enthusiast, I find this usage kind of stupid.

BT

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I.e., "melodramatic."  OED's def. doesn't quite do it.  I've been familiar
> with this nuance for probably a decade.
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> 2012
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> http://www.salon.com/2012/12/14/pick_of_the_week_kathryn_bigelows_mesmerizi=
> ng_post_911_nightmare/
> : Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's mesmerizing, operatic and profoundly
> troubling =93Zero Dark Thirty."
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