chick flick

See also: chick-flick

English

Alternative forms

• chick-flick

Etymology

chick (“young woman”) +‎ flick (“movie”), chosen for the rhyme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

chick flick (plural chick flicks)

1. (colloquial, informal, somewhat derogatory) A film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.

   Synonyms: chick film, chick's flick

   She went with a couple friends to see a chick flick about some girl dating an astronaut.

   • 2017 March 2, Gloria Steinem, “Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     I was on a flight from New York to Seattle when a long delay on the tarmac prompted the airline to offer us a free movie. As the flight attendant read the choices aloud, a young man across the aisle said, “I don’t watch chick flicks!”

2. (dated, slang) A sexually exploitative or pornographic 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 Philippines.

3. (slang, somewhat derogatory) Any film depicting young women or teenage girls as the main characters.

Synonyms

• date movie
• tear jerker

Derived terms

• chick flickish

See also

• chick lit