lifie
n.— «None of this would matter for the box office were it not that celebrities’ real-life sagas—what I call “lifies” because they combine life with the narrative appeal of movies. Lifies provide many of the same satisfactions as movies do.» —“Movies just don’t matter” by Neal Gabler Los Angeles Times July 31, 205. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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