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Britsploitation

Britsploitation noun: a genre of low-budget films produced or set in the United Kingdom.

Noun

Britsploitation (uncountable)

  1. A genre of low-budget films produced or set in the United Kingdom.
    • Wright, whose mock Britsploitation trailer Don't is currently playing during the intermission between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse double-bill, manages to integrate these disparate parts into a cohesive, intelligent whole.2007 April 18, Neil Morris, “Hot Fuzz and Fracture”, in Indy Week
    • Cult Britsploitation flicks Terror and Prey were released at the fag-end of the 70s and have all the elements you’d expect for that period: lesbian butchery, sinister parties, deranged parrots, heartless aliens, curb-crawlers and lovingly inventive, drawn-out death sequences.2009, "Tony Molester," album review, Vice, Volume 7, Number 8, August 2009, page 161

Origin of Britsploitation

From Brit + -sploitation.

Questions about Britsploitation

What does Britsploitation mean?
Britsploitation means a genre of low-budget films produced or set in the United Kingdom.
What part of speech is Britsploitation?
Britsploitation is a noun.

Words near Britsploitation in the dictionary

  1. britshka
  2. britshkas
  3. britska
  4. britskas
  5. Britspeak
  6. Britsploitation
  7. Britt
  8. Brittain
  9. Brittains
  10. Brittan
  11. Brittana

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