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chopsocky

chopsocky noun: a genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.

Noun

chopsocky (countable and uncountable, plural chopsockies)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable) A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
    • Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing.1983, Variety's Film Reviews: 1978-1980
    • The chopsocky films garnered a small following in this country precisely because of their often-ludicrous dubbing and the unrealistically-hard smacking […]2001, Lisa Morton, The Cinema of Tsui Hark
  2. (countable) An individual film of this kind.

Forms of chopsocky

pluralchopsockies
alternative formchop-socky

Origin of chopsocky

Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.

Questions about chopsocky

What does chopsocky mean?
Chopsocky means a genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
What part of speech is chopsocky?
Chopsocky is a noun.
What is the plural of chopsocky?
The plural of chopsocky is chopsockies.

Words near chopsocky in the dictionary

  1. chopses
  2. chopshop
  3. chopshops
  4. chopsing
  5. chopsockies
  6. chopsocky
  7. chopstick
  8. chopstick land
  9. chopstick legs
  10. chopstick rest
  11. chopstick rests

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