miniessay

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ essay.

Noun

miniessay (plural miniessays)

1. A brief essay.
   • 1988 August 19, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Cane Toads: An Unnatural History/Films by Jane Campion”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     On the same program, and much more interesting as filmmaking, are three highly original independent shorts by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion, all of them made while she was attending the Australian Film and Television School: Peel (1981) and A Girl's Own Story (1984) are about family quarrels and transgressions; the remarkable Passionless Moments (1984), made with Gerard Lee, is a series of fictional miniessays that defy description.

   • 2007, John L'Heureux, An Honorable Profession: A Novel‎^[2], →ISBN:

     He called them miniessays to flatter the kids into writing them.