Seriositude

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Seriousness, especially self-seriousness. Internet, humorous, uncountable

    "2008, September 11. "Caprious Deities", VCR Reporter.com. I would argue that their best films are Fargo and Barton Fink, the two that straddle comedy and seriositude most ambiguously."

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"2008, September 11. "Caprious Deities", VCR Reporter.com. I would argue that their best films are Fargo and Barton Fink, the two that straddle comedy and seriositude most ambiguously."

Etymology

From serious + -itude, with the spelling changed to suggest a faux-Latin derivation.

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