romaction

English

Etymology

Blend of romance +‎ action

Noun

romaction (uncountable)

1. (fiction) Action romance.
   • 2008, 52:48 from the start, in Bedtime Stories:

     Let's combine the action and the romance and make a romaction story.

   • 2010 July 6, “How movies became love, camera, action”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

     One wag has already named the offspring of this shotgun wedding: romaction.

   • 2013 June 20, Ann Hornaday, “Why the rom-com is almost extinct”, in The Washington Post:

     Like the “romaction” genre that fuses relationships and car crashes (think “Date Night” and “Knight and Day”), hard-R comedies like “The Hangover,” “Bad Teacher” and last year’s “Ted” appeal both to young women and their male companions, a “two-quadrant” win that made studio suits swoon.

   • 2013, Amie A. Doughty, "Throw the book away": Reading versus Experience in Children's Fantasy‎^[1]:

     They reject his suggestion, asking instead to hear a story of action and romance. Skeeter then tells them a "romaction story" about Ancient Greece featuring Skeetacus, the inventor of the X Games.