Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chopsocky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chop-socky
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.

Colloquial; Derogatory; Uncountable

noun

An individual film of this kind.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing."
"The chopsocky films garnered a small following in this country precisely because of their often-ludicrous dubbing and the unrealistically-hard smacking […]"
"[…] bad enough that we settle for the typical chopsocky fare or do we protest and demand more realistic portrayals […]"

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

chopsockies (plural) chop-socky (alternative)

Questions

What does chopsocky mean?: A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
Where does chopsocky come from?: Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.

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