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chick flick

noun

  1. a movie that appeals especially to women, usually having a romantic or sentimental theme and a female leading character.


chick flick

noun

  1. informal.
    a film aimed at or appealing to women
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chick flick1

1985-90; chick (in the sense of “woman”) + flick 2
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chick flick1

C20: from chick (sense 2) + flick ÂČ
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I’m a feminist media scholar, so I’m often looking at media that women are engaging with, and you often see how anything to do with women’s media — a “chick flick” or a rom-com — can’t be taken seriously.

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It's a cult classic chick flick.

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Part of the problem, she said, is that the industry pigeonholes everything: “In Hollywood, they ask are you a thriller? Are you a chick flick? Are you a Quentin Tarantino shoot-em-up? What are you? This just doesn’t go with The Glorias.”

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“It was a chick flick, but he’s man enough to watch those kinds of stories with me,” Ms. Kayati said.

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It is a total chick flick — but also every chef’s dream.

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