slice of life
- the realistic description or representation of events and situations in everyday life in literature, film, journalism, etc.
- such an event or situation
See slice of life in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. slices of life An episode of actual experience represented realistically and with little alteration in a dramatic, fictional, or journalistic work.
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- sliceˈ-of-lifeˌ (slīsˈəv-līfˈ) adjective