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Etymology

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Blend of drama +‎ mystery

Noun

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dramystery (plural not attested)

  1. (film, rare) A mystery-drama.
    • 2009 January 5, Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, “DAMAGES Season 2 Review - FX”, in Collider:
      Fans of last season’s intricate plot twists certainly won’t be disappointed with the Season 2 opener of FX’s legal dramystery (yes, that’s what I said).
    • 2012 February 27, “Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds Team Up for Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’”, in Hollywood.com:
      Perhaps it won’t be long until we will hear that Witherspoon or Reynolds is doing a movie, and we’ll immediately think, “Probably another silent existentialistic docu-dramystery!”
    • 2013 August, “Death, Drugs & Drama”, in Ion Television Arizona:
      For eight seasons Showtime brought us “Dexter” which—in its own way—defined a serial killer in a serial “dramystery.”

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