chick flick

See also: chick-flick

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Etymology

chick + flick; see chick (girl, woman), flick (film, movie).

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chick flick (plural chick flicks)

  1. (slang, often derogatory) A film, usually about romances, which is popular with females and comparatively unpopular with males.
    Synonyms: chick film, chick's flick
  2. (dated, slang) A sexually exploitative film depicting women, intended for straight men.
    • 1988, The Bergen County Record:
      Films like Russ Meyers’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ (1970) and ‘Twilight People’ (1972) […] Corman’s ‘Black Mama, White Mama’ (1972), another chick-flick set in a slammer in the Phillipines.

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