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I also hated it when ARACHNEPHOBIA came out and was described as a "thrillomedy." What would they call a combination love story and comedy? A "lovomity'"?
"Rom-com".
While "dramedy" is a crap word, it's not for the reasons you cite, biped. The motion picture industry is filled with many such pormanteaux: mockumentary, japanimation and biopic just to name a few. "Dramedy" is crap because it sounds like something a bunch of weepy, pushing-forty surburbanite house fraus will watch in between bitching out their beleaguered, effeminite husbands.
Also, "comedy" is an apt enough term. "Comedy" will always utilize "dramatic" structure (suspense, reversal, surprise, et cetera) if it is to be done right. Comedy is just a branch of drama, and therefore the term is superfluous.
But what do you make of "pornomedy", my good friend biped?
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Ham-fisted ham fisting.