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What you call a movie right before you cry through the entire thing.
means Excessively sentimental or mushy in a way that's sweet to the point of being almost embarrassing.
from From sap — the sticky, sugary fluid that runs through trees and plants, a word with deep Germanic roots (Old English sæp). 'Sappy' first just meant full of sap or juicy, then drifted to mean soft, foolish, or weak — like green, sap-heavy wood that bends instead of breaking — and from there to the modern sense of gooey, oozing sentiment. The emotional 'sappy' is essentially a tree metaphor: too much sweet stuff flowing.
- literal root
- Named for tree sap, sticky and overflowing
- insult turned badge
- Originally meant foolish or soft-headed
- sap defense
- Real tree sap traps and kills invading insects
- genre fuel
- Whole Hallmark empire built on it
hallmark channel movies — produces over 40 holiday films annually with predictable emotional storylines
nicholas sparks novels — author of 'the notebook' and 26 other tear-jerker romance books
lifetime original movies — network known for melodramatic stories since 1984